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Despite its widely held reputation as being a bastion of all things conservative, Virginia has long been a leader on the frontier of corporate and partnership law. As a recent example confirming its progressive reputation, one need look no further than the 1991 passage of legislation permitting the formation of limited liability companies. While the amount ofactivity in corporate law this year was far from notable, the legislation and judicial decisions from the past year continue to demonstrate Virginia's "corporate activism."

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- Contributors -- Chapter 1: Applying for Law -- Types of Law Degrees -- Bachelor of Laws (LLB) -- Combined Degrees -- Optional Degrees -- Juris Doctor (JD) -- LLB or JD? -- Interpersonal Requirements -- Communication Skills -- Research Skills -- Time Management and Organisation Skills -- Technological Competence -- Resilience -- Dedication -- Perseverance -- Academic Requirements -- Undergraduate Entry Requirements -- Year 12 (or Equivalent) Subjects -- ATAR -- University Grades -- GPA -- WAM -- Examination Requirements -- STAT or LSAT? -- STAT -- Multiple Choice -- Written English -- LSAT -- Preparing for Exams, the STAT or the LSAT -- Start Preparation Early -- Complete Practice Tests Under Test Conditions -- Find Techniques That Work for You -- Preparation Workshops -- Be Prepared for the Day of the Test -- Extracurricular Requirements -- Chapter 2: Inside Law School -- Starting Law School: Managing Your Expectations and Goals -- Expectations of Law School -- Common Concerns of a Law Student -- Having a Positive Professional Identity -- Goalsetting -- Seeking and Accepting Help -- Looking After Yourself -- Health -- Sleep -- Eat -- Exercise -- Repeat -- Stress -- Fulfilling Your Academic Expectations and Goals -- Exams -- Acquisition -- Be an Active Learner -- Identify Strengths and Weaknesses -- Managing Your Time -- Resource-Building -- Have an Objective -- Be Realistic -- Application -- Feedback -- Assignments -- Research -- Research Strategy -- Practical Tips and Tricks -- Legal Writing -- Approaching Your Assignment -- Illustrating the Process: "madman", "architect", "carpenter", "judge" -- Characteristics of Excellent Legal Writing -- Long Term Improvement of Your Legal Writing -- Referencing -- Group Work -- Scholarships, Prizes, Awards and Medals (SPAMs) -- Getting Experience Beyond the Classroom.

Newly revised and updated, The Law of Armed Conflict, introduces students to the law of war in an age of terrorism. What law of armed conflict (LOAC) or its civilian counterpart, international humanitarian law (IHL), applies in a particular armed conflict? Are terrorists bound by that law? What constitutes a war crime? What (or who) is a lawful target and how are targeting decisions made? What are 'rules of engagement' and who formulates them? How can an autonomous weapon system be bound by the law of armed conflict? Why were the Guantánamo military commissions a failure? Featuring new chapters, this book takes students through these topics and more, employing real-world examples and legal opinions from the US and abroad. From Nuremberg to 9/11, from courts-martial to the US Supreme Court, from the nineteenth century to the twenty-first, the law of war is explained, interpreted, and applied with clarity and depth.

Addresses the issue of the applicability and application of international human rights law and international humanitarian law in times of armed conflict. The book examines general issues relating to applicability and the implementation of the two legal regimes as well as provides case studies focusing on specific rights or persons

All the countries in the world have their own administration and the law relating to that administration is deal with in this book. The book is the lucid commentary, useful not only to professionals, jurists but also to lay men equally. The day and day out, the administrative actions are challenged in the Court of Law and that puts them to acid test. There all, therefore, plethora of case-lasw in this branch of law. These cases laws are exhaustively dealth with in this book.rnThe glossary of words in Marathi, Gujarati and Hindi will help the vernacular readers.rnThe Inquiry Commissions and Rig

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Introduction -- An Overview of the Chinese Anti-Monopoly Law -- Goals of Competition Law: The Chinese Perspective -- Horizontal Restrictions -- Vertical Restrictions -- Abuse of Dominant Position -- Merger Control -- Administrative Monopoly -- Enforcement of Competition Law -- Extraterritorial Effects and Global Cooperation -- Conclusions.

This article discusses judicial decisions and various legislation that have affected the law of insurance in Virginia since June 1, 2000. As in years past, most of the changes have taken place in the area of uninsured/underinsured motorist ('"JAVUIM") insurance coverage. This article will discuss these developments as well as those in other areas of insurance law-specifically, those pertaining to agents, coverage, the insurer's duty to defend, fire insurance, life insurance, misrepresentation, and waiver and estoppel.