USA Law

Tag: Judicial Jurisdiction

  • Expropriation

    Expropriation in United States Expropriation Definition Compulsorily depriving a person of a right of property belonging to him in return for a compensation. The term has been introduced from its use in foreign countries to denote a compulsory purchase of land, etc., for the purposes of a […]

  • Expropriation

    Expropriation in United States Expropriation Definition Compulsorily depriving a person of a right of property belonging to him in return for a compensation. The term has been introduced from its use in foreign countries to denote a compulsory purchase of land, etc., for the purposes of a […]

  • International Law

    International Law in United States International Law Definition The system of rules which Christian states acknowledge to be obligatory upon them in their relations to each other and to, each other's subjects. It is the jus inter gentes, as distinguished from the jms gentium. The rules of […]

  • Terrorism

    Terrorism in the United States Terrorism Definition It means the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion. The U.S. Army definition is as follows: the calculated use of violence or the threat of violence to attain political or religious ideological goals through […]

  • Federal Jurisdiction

    federal Jurisdiction in the United States Jurisdiction, Federal United States Constitution According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled JURISDICTION, FEDERALAs alexander hamilton stressed in the federalist #78, the power and obligation of federal judges […]

  • Federal Jurisdiction

    federal Jurisdiction in the United States Jurisdiction, Federal United States Constitution According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled JURISDICTION, FEDERALAs alexander hamilton stressed in the federalist #78, the power and obligation of federal judges […]

  • Federal Question Jurisdiction

    Federal Question Jurisdiction in the United States United States Constitution According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled FEDERAL QUESTION JURISDICTIONArticle III of the Constitution provides that the judicial power of the united states shall extend to […]

  • Federal Question Jurisdiction

    Federal Question Jurisdiction in the United States United States Constitution According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled FEDERAL QUESTION JURISDICTIONArticle III of the Constitution provides that the judicial power of the united states shall extend to […]

  • Federal Courts

    Federal Courts in the United States Introduction to Federal Courts Over the past 200 years the federal judiciary has evolved from a simple set of courts with limited caseloads into a complex arrangement of courts that interact with one another and the state courts. The modern system […]

  • General Jurisdiction

    General Jurisdiction in the United States General Jurisdiction in the Context of Courts General Jurisdiction General Jurisdiction Based on Presence or Continuous and Systematic Business Activities Within the Forum in International Civil Litigation Analysis of the General Jurisdiction Based on […]

  • General Jurisdiction

    General Jurisdiction in the United States General Jurisdiction in the Context of Courts General Jurisdiction General Jurisdiction Based on Presence or Continuous and Systematic Business Activities Within the Forum in International Civil Litigation Analysis of the General Jurisdiction Based on […]

  • Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act

    Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act in the United States Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act in the Context of Federal Question Jurisdiction Sovereign Immunity and Judicial Jurisdiction Under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act in International Civil Litigation Analysis of the Sovereign Immunity […]

  • Tax Court

    Tax Court in the United States United States Tax Court A specialized judicial agency that hears disputes concerning decisions of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The United States Tax Court was established in 1924 as an agency of the executive branch. It was originally called the United […]

  • Specific Jurisdiction

    Specific Jurisdiction in the United States Specific Jurisdiction in the Context of Specific Jurisdiction, Foreign Defendants Specific Jurisdiction in International Product Liability and Tort Cases in International Civil Litigation Analysis of the Specific Jurisdiction in International Product […]

  • Commercial Activity

    Commercial Activity in the United States Commercial Activity in the Context of Foreign Sovereign Immunities Legislation The phrase “commercial activity” refers to “the character of the foreign state’s exercise of power rather than its effects” (Rong v. Liaoning Provincial Gov’t, 452 F.3d […]