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  • List of Authors to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution

    List of Authors to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution Main Entries: List of Entries and Authors of the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution Encyclopedia of the American Constitution Listing of entries to the Encyclopedia by Author: Benjamin Aaron Professor of Law, Emeritus University of California, Los Angeles LABOR AND THE ANTITRUST LAWS Henry J.…

  • List of Entries and Authors of the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution

    List of Articles and Contributors of the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution Main Entry: the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution. List of Authors by Entry (A-Z): ADEQUATE STATE GROUNDS Kenneth L. Karst ADKINS V. CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL Leonard W. Levy ADLER V. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF CITY OF NEW YORK Martin Shapiro ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES Joseph Vining…

  • Dictionary of Essential Legal Terms

    The Dictionary of Essential Legal Terms Details of The Dictionary of Essential Legal Terms Author: Amy Hackney Blackwell Date of publishing: 2008 Publisher: Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc, Naperville, Illinois 60567-4410, United States Contents of The Dictionary of Essential Legal Terms Abandon Abatable Nuisance Abate Abatement of a Legacy Abatement of Taxes Abdicate…

  • Pardon

    Introduction to Pardon Pardon, in law, act by which an individual or class of individuals is freed from the consequences of having committed a breach of the law. Article II, Section 2, of the U.S. Constitution confers on the president "power to grant reprieves and pardons for offences […]

  • Pardon

    Introduction to Pardon Pardon, in law, act by which an individual or class of individuals is freed from the consequences of having committed a breach of the law. Article II, Section 2, of the U.S. Constitution confers on the president "power to grant reprieves and pardons for offences […]

  • Removal of Judges

    Removal of Judges From the article “Judicial Appointments and Judicial Independence”, authored by Tom Ginsburg for the US Institute for Peace (January 2009): “A key factor in ensuring judicial independence and accountability is a system to discipline and, in serious cases, remove judges who have engaged in misconduct. Elections (of Judges) clearly provide one means…

  • Student’s Guide to Congress

    Student’s Guide to Congress Editor: Bruce J. Schulman Since the 1980s, Dr. Bruce J. Schulman has been teaching and writing about the political face of the United States. He is Professor of History at Boston University. He has taken an active role in education. Other contributions from Bruce J. Schulman to the collection: Student’s Guide…

  • Encyclopedia of the American Constitution

    Encyclopedia of the American Constitution Related entries about this Encyclopedia: List of Entries and Authors of the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution Encyclopedia of the American Constitution Bibliographic Details Title: Encyclopedia of the American Constitution Editors: Leonard W. Levy, Dennis J. Mahoney and Kenneth L. Karst Publisher: Cengage Gale, United States Publication Dates: 1986, 1992…

  • Chief Justice

    Chief JusticeChief Justice, in the United States judicial system, title of the presiding justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and of the presiding justices of the highest tribunals in most of the states. The chief justice of the United States is the highest judicial officer of …

  • Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States

    The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States provides information on and analysis of significant Supreme Court cases. Content is organized alphabetically by case name and each entry includes a discussion of the legal and social background of the case, the…

  • European Thesaurus on International Relations and Area Studies

    European Thesaurus on International Relations and Area Studies The European Thesaurus on International Relations and Area Studies has approximately 8,400 descriptors, and numerous non-descriptors. It provides a wellstructured and wide-ranging ” terminological tool” of controlled vocabulary with which to describe the subject content and format of all kinds of literature and material (books, reports, essays,…

  • Stimson’s Law Dictionary

    Stimson’s Law Dictionary “A concise law dictionary of words, phrases, and maxims : with an explanatory list of abbreviations used in Law books “(1911). The Authors were Stimson, Frederic Jesup, 1855-1943 and Voorhees, Harvey Cortlandt, b. 1867. FREDERIC JESUP STIMSON was PROFESSOR OF COMPARATIVE LEGISLATION IN HARVARD and HARVEY CORTLANDT VOORHEES was lawyer in the…

  • Constitutional Text: Bangladesh 1972, Amended 2004

    Constitutional Text: Bangladesh 1972, Amended 2004 CONSTITUTION OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF BANGLADESH NOVEMBER 4, 1972, AS AMENDED TO MAY 16, 2004 BISMILLAH-AR-RAHIMAN-AR-RAHIM (In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful) Preamble We, the people of Bangladesh, having proclaimed our Independence on the 26th day of March, 1971 and through a historic war for…

  • Constitutional Text: Argentina 1994

    CONSTITUTION OF THE ARGENTINE NATION AUGUST 22ND, 1994 We, the representatives of the people of the Argentine Nation, gathered in General Constituent Assembly by the will and election of the Provinces which compose it, in fulfillment of pre-existing pacts, in order to form a national union, guarantee justice, secure domestic peace, provide for the common…

  • Outline of Evidence

    Note: this entry is based in United States law I. Burdens and Presumptions a. Burden of Proof i. Burden of pleading 1. You have to plead a claim, to state a claim for which relief can be granted ii. Burden of production 1. Must introduce evidence to support your claim in your pleading iii. Burden…