The protection of consumers on Internet
Dissertation - 15 pages - Droit autres branches
The recent boom of the internet in Europe and the emergence of a new kind of commerce (e-commerce) led to a widening of the commercial offers that can be proposed to the consumers. Simultaneous with such an expansion in internet offering come the demand for online security regarding the rights...
Freedom of expression, a right between inviolability and flexibility
Dissertation - 7 pages - Droit européen
The freedom of expression is one of the things that calls for conflicts. It is not permitted in the dictatorship in order to speak about everything. It is observed that very many subjects are forbidden. An example of a forbidden topic is the critical opinion on the power, on religion. The...
Death with dignity: press kit
Commentaire de texte - 12 pages - Droit autres branches
The term euthanasia is derived from the Greek words eu, meaning 'good' and thanatos, meaning 'death'. However, the issue of assisted suicide is far from being pleasant. The expression "assisted suicide" refers to the deliberate speeding up of the death process of a terminally ill...
To what extent judicial intuitionism affects the judge's legal reasoning in Common Law?
Dissertation - 6 pages - Droit international
The recent nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor by President Obama sparked once again the political debate on the objectivity of the appointed to the United States Supreme Court. Republicans, even though pretending to be unbiased, started to fear that this Obamanian judge would undermine President...
West Virginia vs. Barnette : the flag salute case
Commentaire d'arrêt - 2 pages - Libertés publiques
Refusal to salute the Flag shall be regarded as an act of insubordination' are the terms in which the Virginia statute let us see a beginning of answer to the questioning about the reasons why the State require a flag salute. Indeed, we understand that the real deal is between the authority...
The legislative power of the Council is being increasingly eroded in the recent years. Discuss.
Dissertation - 7 pages - Droit constitutionnel
Assessing the power of the institutions of the European Union is not an easy task. The European Union is such a particular and unique international organization that understanding it means involves studying the many different levels that composed it simultaneously. Thus, to tackle the question...
The politics of international Human Rights Law
Dissertation - 5 pages - Droit international
The point of this essay is the observation of Human rights concerning some currents issues of International relations and social and political disorder; for example, in Tibet where it has been thought that the enforcement of some standards of Human rights would protect the Tibetans from the...
Migration Law - A Human Right to Migration in International Law and European Community Law
Dissertation - 11 pages - Libertés publiques
To answer the question of the existence of the human right to migrate, the notion of migration and human right themselves must first be studied. Migration can be defined as a movement of persons from one country or locality to another one. Only international migrations, from one country to...
The New Constitutionalism
Dissertation - 5 pages - Droit européen
This essay is divided in two parts. In the first section, we will describe the influence of the European court of Justice on the evolution as observed by Weiler. In the latter half of the essay, we will try to view this theory from a critical bent of mind and relate this concept as an...
Primacy / Supremacy of European Community Law against Sovereignty of the Member States
Mémoire - 25 pages - Droit européen
Today the European Union (EU) consists of 27 Member States; it reaches from the Atlantic coast of Western Europe all the way to the Black Sea of Eastern Europe. In the European Union, the most important and closest collaboration between the Member States happens via the European Community (EC)....
The reality of Germany's fiscal federalism
Dissertation - 7 pages - Droit fiscal
After the Second World War, the Allies set up a federal system in Germany, in order to prevent a Third World War from happening. They thought that a federation would divide Germany and reduce the influence of Prussia over the other constituents of the former Confederation of States. As a matter...
International business law: the "Peach International Inc" case
Étude de cas - 10 pages - Droit international
The Peach International Company is a start-up specialized in the "high tech communications" domain. The firm deals with the ?higher level of technology' and specializes in the domain of "standard mobiles". The company provides phones that contain all the advantages of an actual mobile, such...
Corporate liability
Dissertation - 14 pages - Droit des affaires
Designing corporations liable for criminal offences gives rise to encountering a number of difficulties and pitfalls. Discuss this statement, in general terms with reference to corporate criminal liability taking into account a particular offence of manslaughter and any proposals for reforming...
The relationship between investment law and the human right: present provisions and proposals for the future
Dissertation - 9 pages - Droit international
Since 1945, the investment law became more and more important with the development of the transnational corporations and the direct investments abroad within the framework of the globalization of flows of capital. The relationship with the countries of the South sets a major problem in this...
Human Rights and Universality
Dissertation - 13 pages - Droit international
We'll see that a mediate position can be found between what Donnelly has identified as radical cultural relativism (a) and radical universalism (b). Thus, it seems that a cross-cultural consensus can be found on the universality of some basic rights contained in the UDHR, whereas some other...
Study about the counterfelt in particularly on the Lacoste mark
Étude de cas - 8 pages - Propriété intellectuelle
According to the Larousse dictionary, the definition of a brand is 'the whole of the manufactured products, sold by a firm, company which is owner of this mark. It is the sign being used to distinguish products, objects or services '.This mark is immediately associated to the prestige,...
Case studies of international disagreements
Dissertation - 9 pages - Droit international
You are the vice president of sales for The Pillow International Inc., a French manufacturer of bed pillows. The raw materials needed for making pillows are all sourced from suppliers overseas. Your firm purchases feathers from exporters in China who maintain large flocks of geese and ducks for...
Parenthood in French law and filiation
Dissertation - 9 pages - Droit de la famille
The purpose of this paper is first to understand French parenthood, namely the way to be the legal father or mother of a child. Investigating further, we will see whether the current legislation is modern enough or not, which will be our main question. Indeed, some scholars and politicians think...
Droit public
Cours - 155 pages - Droit administratif
Le droit est aussi ancien que la vie en société : à partir du moment où les hommes sont entrés dans l'ère de l'existence collective, ils ont éprouvé le besoin de régler leurs rapports. Depuis, l'époque primitive, le droit a subi de profondes mutations : la diversification des règles suit en effet...
Presidency of India
Étude de cas - 6 pages - Droit constitutionnel
The President of India is the head of State as the first citizen of India, and has therefore an important role to play in the political system. He has special duties and powers, which give him importance in the Indian political life. This function first appeared with the Indian Constitution that...
Dans quelle mesure peut-on dire du système des jurys qu'il est le pivot de la justice pénale en Grande-Bretagne ?
Dissertation - 5 pages - Droit international
In the English criminal justice system, juries have existed for over a thousand years now. Since 1215 they are the usual method of trying criminal cases, and are considered as a really important institution in the English criminal justice process. However, in terms of statistics, trial by jury is...
Hustler Magazine v. Falwell
Commentaire d'arrêt - 2 pages - Droit civil
Several elements were involved in this case. To sum up, Hustler Magazine printed an issue showing a satirical caricature about 'the first time' of a public figure, Jerry Falwell, who is a preacher and a Baptist Minister, insinuating that it was with his own mother, in an outhouse and...
The Lisbon Treaty: European Federation?
Dissertation - 4 pages - Droit européen
The word 'federal' isn't mentioned in any European treaty. The European authorities have decided to avoid referring to this system of governance to talk about the European project. However, the concept of a European federation hides beneath all European treaties. Applied to states, in...
The distribution of power an its future evolution in the European decision making institutions
Dissertation - 12 pages - Droit européen
How is the power shared in the main European decision making institutions and how will it change with the near enlargement and the ratification of new institutional treaties? This paper analyzes the distribution of power in the European Commission, the Council of Ministers and the European...
The European Institutions
Dissertation - 6 pages - Droit européen
The debates and referendums on the project of European Constitution will contribute greatly to give birth to a real European public opinion. The new generation of EU institutions will therefore have to serve not only the historic actors of the European construction - administrations and...
Under what circumstances do you think states should intervene in humanitarian crises?
Dissertation - 6 pages - Droit international
Humanitarian intervention deals with two academic fields: political philosophy and international law. The question of intervention depends on the morality and on the legality of the intervention. Is humanitarian intervention a moral duty for different states? Is humanitarian intervention a right...
Accor vs. Overture: Intellectual Propriety vs. Searching engine's adwords
Étude de cas - 17 pages - Droit des affaires
The introduction of an article should provide the reader with a short explanation of the issue to be discussed, a summary of what will be discussed in the paper, and a general idea of what the author's viewpoint on the issue is, and possible solutions to resolve the issue. In January 2002,...
Comparative Criminal Law: comparison between the French and the American system by studying Brenton Butler case
Dissertation - 2 pages - Droit international
In this document, we present the Brenton Butler case, where Mary Ann Stephens, who was a holiday, is shot in the head in front of her husband. Later, Brenton Butler, a 15 year old Black citizen, was arrested just because he was in a street near the place of crime and it was confirmed that he was...
The evolution of human rights enforcement
Dissertation - 8 pages - Droit international
The end of the second world conflict has set the beginning of the institutionalization of Human Rights at a world scale: the previous events have indeed made most of the country think about a way to reach a world consensus about basic rights that each single human being could expect to be given...
Le droit de la succession d'Etats et le respect des obligations contractuelles de l'Etat succédant : actifs et dettes privées
Cours - 72 pages - Droit international
Le phénomène d'apparition et de disparition d'Etats, issu de la succession d'Etats, ne se produit pas fréquemment. Il se situe généralement dans un contexte historique particulier, comme nous pouvons le constater à travers les âges. C'est ainsi que, pour les Etats...
