Court had jurisdiction to hear the Swiss claim that the United States must restore the assets of the Swiss company‚ Interhandel‚ which were seized during World War II‚ considering the United States’ claims that the dispute arose before it had accepted compulsory jurisdiction of the Court. Whether the Swiss claim was admissible considering that Interhandel had not exhausted local remedies available to it in domestic courts of the United States. Judgment – majority The Court declined jurisdiction because
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1 Judicial Control of Administrative Action in India and Writs One of the important field of the study of the administrative law is the „‟Judicial Control of Administrative Action in India. Today the power of the administrative authorities become very strong and thus it resulted different complications and repercussions in the socio-economic field in India. Therefore‚ considering the day to day increasing power of the administrative bodies judicial control is become an important area of the administrative
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Masime & Kwach JJ A November 17‚ 1989 Civil Appeal No 50 of 1989 (Appeal from an order of the High Court at Mombasa‚ Bosire J‚ in Admiralty Cause No 29 of 1988 dated 28th February‚ 1989) Admiralty Law – admirality jurisdiction of the High Court Kenya – circumstances in which the jurisdiction can be invoked – Judicature Act (Cap 8)‚ section 4 – Supreme Court Act‚ 1981 sections 20‚ 21. Admiralty Law – goods supplied to a third party stored in a vessel – whether vessel owner incurs liability for the price
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to it. The Appellate Division shall have Jurisdiction to hear and determine appeals from judgments‚ decrees‚ orders or sentences of the High Court Division. It has rule making power for regulating the practice and procedure of each division and of any Court subordinate to it. The High Court Division‚ though a Division of the Supreme Court‚ is for all practical purposes‚ an independent court with its powers‚ functions and jurisdictions well defined and determined under the Constitution
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types of courts established under the State of California’s Constitution? What section of the State of California’s Constitution establishes the courts? What types of jurisdiction do each of these courts have? Thoroughly define each type of jurisdiction under each court and explain why each court has each type of jurisdiction. In Article 6 section 1 of the State of California’s constitution states there are three different types of courts that have judicial power of California that were established
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There are agencies that function in a specific jurisdictions or provides a specialized function in a specific jurisdiction. All departments work together to protect citizens‚ prevent crime‚ and solve crimes within their community. * What are the principal roles and functions of police organizations and their role as it applies to the law? * Local law enforcement protects citizens and maintains law and order within their assigned jurisdiction. Local law enforcement patrols communities to deter
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the public needs information on where a street is located or even acting as educators. They may go out to schools or colleges to give them vital information on drugs. The “local police have long-term relationships with the communities under their jurisdiction” (Ford‚ 2004). The local police are present in the communities. State The state also has police‚ but they are called State police‚ state patrol‚ or highway patrol. They do investigations as well as state patrolling. This
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order the record to be transmitted to King’s Bench. In the seventeenth century it became a means of review of the activities then newly required of the justices of the peace. Prohibition‚ one of the oldest known writs‚ at first used to limit the jurisdiction of the ecclesiastical courts‚ was later used by the common law courts in the battles with the Court of Chancery‚ and other courts more closely associated with the Crown. Mandamus in the 13th century was a means of ensuring performance of acts
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that result in case law determinations. 2. State jurisdiction means that the state has authority of trying cases involving violations of state and local laws‚ the states have general jurisdiction. State jurisdiction is at times concurrent with
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Fourteenth Amendment want or not want to grant citizenship to every person who happened to be born on U.S. soil? And does "subject to the jurisdiction" mean something different from "born in the United States‚"? First‚ let’s see exactly what the fourteenth amendment states: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States‚ and subject to the jurisdiction thereof‚ are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge
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