foreign perspective

Abandonment (of Residence) is a determination by the U.S.

An accompanying relative, or immediate relative, is a family member of a person who has immigrated to the United States.

Admiralty law (or maritime law) is the body of law that governs navigation and shipping. It includes substantive and procedural law.

See also: admiralty and maritime power and admiralty court.

Alien is a legal term that refers to any person who is not a citizen or a national of the United States, as listed in the 

American Indian Law: An Overview

In U.S. law the term "Indians" refers generally to the indigenous peoples of the North American continent at the time of European colonization.

Apartheid refers to the implementation and maintenance of a system of legalized racial segregation in which one racial group is deprived of political and civil rights.

Armed conflicts are contextualized into two different categories: international armed conflicts and domestic armed conflicts. International armed conflicts occur when there is conflict between two or more states. Domestic armed conflicts occur when there is conflict between a state and one or more non-state armed groups or among non-state armed groups.

Barrister refers to a lawyer in the United Kingdom and other common law countries whose role is court advocacy and to provide counsel to their clients in specialized areas of law.

Bilateral means two-sided and is frequently used to refer to agreements between two countries. For example, the United States and Australia have a Bilateral trade agreement limiting tariffs or other protectionist policies between the two nations. 

Bilateral investment treaties (BITs) are international agreements between two countries establishing the terms and conditions for private investment in each other’s territory by nationals and companies of one country to the other country.

• international law
• public international law
• international economic law