comparative law

foreign relations

Foreign relations law of the United States encompasses both international law, which embodies the rules that determine the rights and obligations of states and international organizations, and that part of the domestic law of the United...

solicitor

In the United Kingdom and certain other common law countries, a solicitor is a lawyer who provides legal advice and prepares legal documents, but generally does not engage in oral argument in higher level courts. Alternatively, in the U.K.,...

South African Truth Commission

The dismantling of South African apartheid culminated in a multi-racial democratic election in 1994. ANC leader Nelson Mandela became president, and an interim constitution was drafted and enacted.[1] After the 1994 elections, an integrated South...