act of state doctrine
21Doctrine of necessity — The term Doctrine of Necessity is a term used to describe the basis on which extra legal actions by state actors, which are designed to restore order, are found to be constitutional. The maxim on which the doctrine is based originated in the… …
22Doctrine of cash equivalence — Part of a series on Taxation Taxation in the United States …
23Doctrine of colourability — The doctrine of colourability is the idea that when the legislature wants to do something that it cannot do within the constraints of the constitution, it colours the law with a substitute purpose which will still allow it to accomplish its… …
24State — A state is a political association with effective sovereignty over a geographic area and representing a population. These may be nation states, sub national states or multinational states. A state usually includes the set of institutions that… …
25Doctrine of mental reservation — Contents 1 Secular use 2 Mentalis restrictio in moral theology 3 Legacy …
26Doctrine of Colourability — The doctrine of colourability, in Canadian federalism, is the idea that when the legislature wants to do something that it cannot do within the constraints of the constitution, it colours the law with a substitute purpose which will still allow… …
27State Secrets Protection Act — The State Secrets Protection Act, S. 2533, (SSPA) was put before the Senate by Senators Kennedy, Leahy, and Specter on January 22, 2008. [cite web url=http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi bin/query/z?c110:S.2533: title=State Secrets Protection Act… …
28State (polity) — This article is about the general concept of the state. For the subjects of international law, see Sovereign state. For other uses, see State (disambiguation). The frontispiece of Thomas Hobbes Leviathan A state is an organised political… …
29State Immunity Act 1978 — The State Immunity Act 1978 is an Act made by the Parliament of the United Kingdom in order to implement the European Convention on State Immunity of 1972 into British law. The doctrine of absolute state immunity was changed to one of restricted… …
30Doctrine of reception — In common law, the doctrine of reception (properly, reception of the common law of England in a colony) refers to the process in which the English law becomes applicable to a British Crown Colony, protectorate, or protected state. In Commentaries …
