18 USC Part I - CRIMES | Title 18 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure 65. Malicious mischief 1361 67. Military and Navy 1381 [68. Repealed.] 69. Nationality and citizenship 1421 71. Obscenity 1460 73. Amendments 2006—Pub. Pub. Pub. 2004—Pub. Pub. 2003—Pub. Pub. 2002—Pub. 1998—Pub. 1996—Pub. Pub. Pub. Pub. 1994—Pub. Pub. Pub. 1992—Pub. Pub. 1990—Pub. Pub. Pub. 1988—Pub. Pub. 1986—Pub. Pub.
USJFCOM - Joint Forces Command USC : Title 8 - ALIENS AND NATIONALITY Multiple entries for a section are listed most recent first, within the section. The Session Year indicates which session of Congress was responsible for the changes classified. The Congress number forms the first part of the Public Law number; each Congress has two sessions. Abbreviations used in the Description of Change column: An empty field implies a standard amendment. The Public Law field is linked to the development of the law in the Thomas system at the Library of Congress. The Statutes at Large field is linked to the text of the law, in the context of its volume of the Statutes at Large, at the Government Printing Office. The Statutes at Large references have been rendered in the format used as page numbers in the Public Law web pages to which we link, to facilitate copy-paste into browser "find on this (web) page" tools. Sections with change type "new" are a special case, still under development. top
MOVES Institute at the Naval Postgraduate School Sources of International Law - Pritzker Legal Research Center The generally recognized authoritative statement on the sources of international law is the Statute of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Article 38, which specifies that the Court, in deciding disputes, shall apply: international conventions, whether general or particular, establishing rules expressly recognized by the contesting states; international custom, as evidence of a general practice accepted as law; the general principles of law recognized by civilized nations; subject to the provisions of Article 59, judicial decisions and the teachings of the most highly qualified publicists of the various nations, as subsidiary means for the determination of rules of law. The first three of these--treaties, custom, and principles of law--are sometimes referred to by lawyers and librarians with a common law background as "primary sources" of international law. Note that case law is considered only a "subsidiary means." For further reading: Buergenthal, Thomas and Sean D.
Delta3D - Open source gaming & simulation engine Reference information Welcome to the CIA Web Site — National Security Council The National Security Council (NSC) is the President's principal forum for considering national security and foreign policy matters with his senior national security advisors and cabinet officials. Since its inception under President Truman, the Council's function has been to advise and assist the President on national security and foreign policies. The Council also serves as the President's principal arm for coordinating these policies among various government agencies. The NSC is chaired by the President. Its regular attendees (both statutory and non-statutory) are the Vice President, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Defense, and the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. The National Security Council was established by the National Security Act of 1947 (PL 235 - 61 Stat. 496; U.S.C. 402), amended by the National Security Act Amendments of 1949 (63 Stat. 579; 50 U.S.C. 401 et seq.).