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Glossary of Legal Terms. Two of the Ohio Public Defender’s core values are Service and Community. Even when we cannot directly represent someone in court, we still want to serve that person and their community to the best of our ability. This Glossary is one way the Ohio Public Defender does that. It explains commonly used legal terms, which ...
The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ( UNCLOS ), also called the Law of the Sea Convention or the Law of the Sea Treaty, is an international agreement that establishes a legal framework for all marine and maritime activities. As of May 2023, 168 countries and the European Union are parties. The convention resulted from the third ...
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In order to achieve most of the Treaty’s objectives, common utilization of shared water resources was necessary. Hence, the defendant was not authorized to proceed without the plaintiff’s consent. Citation1997 I.C.J. 7, reprinted in 37 I.L.M. 162 (1998) Brief Fact Summary. Hungary (P) claimed that Czechoslovakia (D) violated the provisions ...
Jul 30, 2012 · Summary 7 The court found that the plaintiffs' rights to life, liberty, human dignity, and the right to form a family were violated by the sterilization. The court emphasized that informed consent for sterilization must be obtained when the patient is rational, without pain, and has adequate time for consideration, discussion with their partner ...
Apr 30, 2024 · In order to make sure a case is "still good law", don't stop at Shepard's or Keycite or Bcite. It is possible the case is no longer good law, but no subsequent case ever cited that case as overruled. Looking at the Table of Authorities in Lexis or Westlaw will help determine whether the underpinning cases cited in a decision have been overturned.
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Dec 2, 2009 · Justice John Marshall. Credit: Heritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty Images. Marbury v. Madison (1803) was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that established for the first time that federal...
In the case McCulloch v. Maryland, the Supreme Court considered whether Congress had the power to create a national bank and whether the state of Maryland had interfered with congressional powers by taxing the national bank.
