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International conventions are  treaties or agreements between countries. The term international convention is often used interchangeably with terms like "international treaty," "international agreement," "compact," or "contract between states." 

• international law
• public international law
• international treaties
• International Treaty Compliance

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is the judicial component of the United Nations (UN), whose primary purpose is to settle legal disputes between countries. 

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• public international law

The International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), codified in 50 U.S.C. Chapter 35, establishes a framework for the President’s emergency economic powers. Under IEEPA, if the President declares a national emergency for an “unusual and extraordinary threat” from outside the United States, the President has the authority to exercise certain economic powers.

International environmental law (sometimes international ecological law) is a field of international law regulating the behavior of states and international organizations concerning the environment. See: Phillipe Sands, et al, Principles of International Environmental Law (4th ed., Cambridge, 2018). Core global regulation domains include the world's oceans and fisheries management, the polar ice caps, and the regulation of carbon and other particulate emiss

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• international environmental law

International law is a set of rules and principles governing the relations and conduct of sovereign states with each other, as well as with international organizations and individuals.

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• international law
• international criminal law
• international environmental law
• international economic law

International trade refers to commerce that occurs across national borders. An illustrative example is the importation and exportation of goods and services across national borders. The term international trade may also include foreign direct investments, especially in cases where the foreign investment impacts trade in goods and services. 

The International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) is a set of US Government regulations that control the import and export of defense products. The purpose of ITAR is to safeguard national security, and to further American foreign policy interests. 

An interpleader is a way for a party who holds property (a stakeholder) to initiate a suit between all claimants, who are parties claiming a right to that property. An interpleader allows the stakeholder to bring all claimants into the same action, instead of litigating against claimants in separate actions.

In civil procedure, an interrogatory is a list of written questions one party sends to another as part of the discovery process. The recipient must answer in writing under oath and according to the case's schedule.

Intervening is entry into a lawsuit by a third party into an existing civil case who was not named as an original party but has a personal stake in the outcome. The nonparty who intervenes in a case is called an intervenor.