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24 Cards in this Set
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Public Law |
law involving the state - political or sovereign capacity |
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Private Law |
Law that takes place citizen to citizen (legal entities, corporations) |
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European Union (EU) 28; 6 19 of 28 |
Western and Eastern European countries; ____ member countries, __ candidate countries ensures justful living. Members have open boarders for trade ___ of ___ members use Euros unanimous vote for new country to join |
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Gulf Cooperation Council |
political and economic union of Arak States bordering the Persian Gulf, organized in 1981; 6 countries |
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Civil Law |
system of law through written statues determined by a legislative body. more than 150 countries use a form of this |
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Common Law |
system of law through case/judge decisions approx 80 countries use this (U.S.) |
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Islamic Law |
most widespread type of law. legal system based on Islamis religion used in over 30 countries |
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Custom Law |
legal system based on custom/local concepts. approx 40 countries use this |
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Soverign Immunity |
judicial doctrine, can't sue different governments |
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Act of State Doctrine |
country has full authority over what happens in their territory |
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Extraterritoriality |
when a nation reaches beyond its own borders and imposes it's law on other nations |
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International Law |
law that governs affairs between nations |
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Constitution |
The ______________ gives most power over foreign affairs to the federal government |
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Foreign Commerce Clause |
vests Congress with the power "to regulate commerce with foreign nations" |
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Treaty Clause |
president is the agent of the United States in dealing with foreign countries |
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United Nations (UN) |
international organization created by multinational treaty in 1945 to maintain peace and security in the world |
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General Assembly |
In the UN, what adopts resolutions when problems arise |
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US, UK, China, France, Russia 10 other 2 year term members |
The Security Council is made up of what 5 countries? ___ other __ year term members that maintains peace and security. Has rights to used armed forces |
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Secretariat |
head of day-to-day for United Nations |
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International Monetary Fund |
established to promote the world economy providing assistance to needy countries ( 2 year loans). Funded by member nations, based on size of each nation |
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World Bank |
provides money to developing countries to fund projects like feeding the hungry, loans routinely granted debt relief, financed by developed countries |
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International Court of Justice |
judicial branch of the UN aka World Court. Located in the Hague, Netherlands. |
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North American Free Trade Agreement |
free trade zone formed by the US, Canada, & Mexico |
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World Trade Organization (WTO) |
international organization made up of 130+ countries. It hears and decides trade disputes between member nations. 3 Judge Panel |
