I. INTRODUCTION In International Law, jurisdiction is related to the concept of sovereignty and territory. In order to become a state, it must have territory and when a state has territory it is sovereign; and sovereign means it has supreme authority within its territory and is politically and legally independent with power to affect people, property and circumstances within its territory. Jurisdiction on people and property is an important and crucial part of state sovereignty. According to Shaw
power to decide appeals on all brought forth in federal court or those brought forth in a state court that deal with federal law (Hogan, 2010). The primary role of The Supreme Court is to maintain judicial consistency
in Florida, and, on special appearances, moved to dismiss the case for the lack of personal jurisdiction. The Court held that the jurisdiction over petitioners in California isproper because of their intentional conduct in Florida which was calculated to cause injury to respondentin California. Also, Californiais the place of both the allegedly defamatory article and of the harmsuffered, so the jurisdiction is proper. Similarly in our case, the defendant acted tortuously on purpose and posted lies
successful use of universal jurisdiction and a twist in the understanding of immunity granted to state officials. Why is it considered a milestone? On which grounds did the court based such an unprecedented decision? This paper is an attempt to briefly address these questions. In the next paragraphs, I will, first, examine the circumstances of the case, second, the grounds and arguments of the court’s decision and last, the significance of the case to international law. In 1998, a quarter of
heard by minimum of three judges or greater. The chief justice is head of the Malaysian judiciary. His appointment are made by The Yang di-Pertuan Agong on the advice of the Prime Minister after consulting the Conference of Rulers Federal Court of Malaysia. Article 121(2) of the Federal Constitution confers the Federal Court with the following jurisdiction which is to determine appeals from decisions of the Court of Appeal, of the High Court or a judge. Consultative jurisdiction as is specified in
1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 ABOUT ICJ The ICJ is not the first world court; it is the successor of the Permanent Court of International Justice. The PCIJ began operations in 1922, and at its peak in the late 1920s and early 1930s issued about two judgments on contentious cases per year. However, it gradually lost relevance for governments beset by the problems created by the worldwide depression and the rise of fascism. By the late 1930s the PCIJ, like the League of Nations, had become irrelevant and it was
the Industrial Court Act in Mauritius the Industrial court is established by section 3 of the Industrial Court Act. The Industrial Court is composed of two Magistrates who are appointed by the Judicial and Legal Service Commission. The industrial law has some other powers that is any worker facing any difficulties at work can apply to the magistrate
existence of international human right law and our municipal law of Malaysia. The concept of legal aid has been established under the principal of human rights. Referring to Article 7 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, it is stated “all are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law”. Similarly, Article 8 of the Malaysian Constitution has stated that “all persons are equal before the law and entitled to the equal protection of the law”. These
evidence of telecommunications equipment being used to facilitate organised drug trafficking, gambling, prostitution, money laundering, child pornography and trade in weapons (in those jurisdictions where such activities are illegal). The use of encryption technology may place criminal communications beyond the reach of law enforcement. The use of computer networks to produce and distribute child pornography has become the subject of increasing attention. Today, these materials can be imported across
Noor Rizwan and I am a first year law student. I am writing this letter to explain how the legal classification has assist me in developing the competency for this quarter (i.e. Legal analysis) furthermore I will explain about the public and private law distinction which is in crisis and at last, I have made a table that classifies my first year subjects in three different categories which are: public law, private law and International law. Classification of law has played a major role for me in