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  Supreme Court of the United States - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The justices (currently nine) are appointed for life by the President of the United States and confirmed by majority vote by the Senate.
The practice of issuing an opinion of the court was initiated during the tenure of Chief Justice John Marshall in the early nineteenth century.
Justices Kennedy, Souter, and O'Connor are typically seen as moderates, and hence are the swing votes who often decide cases.
open-encyclopedia.com /Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States   (1866 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - International Court of Justice, UN (United Nations) - Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
International Court of Justice, principal judicial organ of the United Nations, established by chapter 14 of the UN Charter.
It superseded the Permanent Court of International Justice (see World Court), and its statute for the most part repeats that of the former tribunal.
A dispute may be brought before the court by consent of the parties in the particular case or by virtue of an advance formal declaration of acceptance of the court's jurisdiction.
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 European Court of Justice -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) is formally known as the 'Court of Justice of the (The 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles) European Communities', i.e.
The ECJ is the (The highest federal court in the United States; has final appellate jurisdiction and has jurisdiction over all other courts in the nation) supreme court of the European Union.
It is the role of the Advocates General to propose to the Court, in complete independence, a legal solution to the cases for which they are responsible.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/e/eu/european_court_of_justice.htm   (695 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: International Court of Justice   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Statute of the International Court of Justice is the main constitutional document constituting and regulating the Court.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) was established in 2002 as a permanent tribunal to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes, as defined by several international agreements, most prominently the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
The seat of the Court is in the Peace Palace The Hague, the Netherlands.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/International-Court-of-Justice   (3744 words)

  
 court of justice --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
The ECJ originated in the individual courts of justice established in the 1950s for the European Coal and Steel Community, the European Economic Community, and the European Atomic Energy Community.
The idea for the creation of an international court to arbitrate international disputes first arose during the various conferences that produced the Hague Conventions in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
The body subsequently established, the Permanent Court of Arbitration, was the precursor of the Permanent...
www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9273835   (771 words)

  
 International Court of Justice. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
All members of the United Nations are ipso facto members of the court; other states may adhere to the statute.
If a member of the United Nations fails to comply with a judgment of the court, an appeal for assistance may be made to the Security Council.
The court’s competence between states is limited to disputes concerning the interpretation of treaties, questions of international law, breaches of international obligation, and reparations due.
www.bartleby.com /65/in/IntlCour.html   (384 words)

  
 A Concise Encyclopedia of the European Union --C--
The 1979 Cassis de Dijon ruling of the European Court of Justice was a landmark judgment.
The Court of Justice delivered a split ruling: it supported the Parliament in limited respects, based on general principles, but it held that the common transport policy itself was too vague to be relied on in a court of law.
Under the Treaty of Rome, the European Court of Justice ultimately determines where a competence lies; the Court is entitled to rule in its own favour when the supremacy of Community law over national law is in dispute.
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 International Court of Justice on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Following ruling of International Court of Justice, divided U.S. Supreme Court decides that it had improvidently granted writ of certiorari in challenge to death sentence of foreign defendant who did not get notice of...
In answering questions about EU trademark law referred to it by Finland's Supreme Court, the European Court of Justice also explains that whether defendant's claim of its razor's compatibility with Gillette's blades...
International court launches probe into crimes in Sudan's Darfur.
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