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  • Natural Resources

    Minerals Environment and Natural Resources Includes Acid Rain, Air Quality, Coal, Conservation, Energy, Fisheries, Forests, Hazardous Waste, Land Use, Resources, Oceanography, Oil Spills, Parks, Pesticides, Petroleum, Pollution, Recreation, Rivers, Solar Energy, Toxic Substances, Trails, […]

  • Commonwealth

    Commonwealth Definition Commonwealth may be defined as a body of people in a politically organized community that is independent or semi-independent, and in which the government functions by the common consent of the people. The United States and its separate, semiautonomous states are […]

  • Commonwealth

    Commonwealth Definition Commonwealth may be defined as a body of people in a politically organized community that is independent or semi-independent, and in which the government functions by the common consent of the people. The United States and its separate, semiautonomous states are […]

  • Sustainable Development

    Definition and Origins Sustainability and sustainable development were initially defined and promulgated in a report of the World Commission on Environment and Development, "Our Common Future" (1987). This report said (page 43) that sustainable development "is development that […]

  • Encyclopedia of Civil Liberties in America

    The Encyclopedia of Civil Liberties in America Editors: David Schultz, John Vile Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-7656-8063-7 Content of the Encyclopedia ANP ATCA Attainder, Bill of AU CIA DOJ EDPA FBI FCC Friend of the Court Gay Rights IRS Jim Crow Laws Original Intent Patents Procedural Due Process Rochin v. California (1952) Section…

  • Questions for the Record

    Questions For the Record in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): These treaty obligations are directly binding on state and local governments, as well as the federal government, by virtue of the […]

  • Questions for the Record

    Questions For the Record in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): These treaty obligations are directly binding on state and local governments, as well as the federal government, by virtue of the […]

  • Attorney

    Introduction to Attorney Attorney, in law, any person authorized by another to represent him or her. An agent who has been granted express authority to bind his or her principal is called an attorney in fact. Such authority is usually granted by a written instrument called a power of […]

  • Attorney

    Introduction to Attorney Attorney, in law, any person authorized by another to represent him or her. An agent who has been granted express authority to bind his or her principal is called an attorney in fact. Such authority is usually granted by a written instrument called a power of […]

  • Abolition

    Description of Abolition In this reference work, abolition is a sort of the Civil law, Legal History category. Resources See Also Abolish Resources See Also Nolle Prosequi Slaves Civil law Legal History

  • Office

    Office, God From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Office, God (1): The constitutions of Arkansas, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Texas, prohibit a man from holding office who denies the existence of a Supreme Being; and the constitutions of Delaware, […]

  • Nullification

    Introduction to Nullification Nullification, in the history of American political theory, the alleged right of a state to suspend operation of a federal law within its boundaries. The right of nullification was asserted on the basis of a belief that states are the ultimate sources of […]

  • Nullification

    Introduction to Nullification Nullification, in the history of American political theory, the alleged right of a state to suspend operation of a federal law within its boundaries. The right of nullification was asserted on the basis of a belief that states are the ultimate sources of […]

  • Alternatives to Incarceration

    Alternatives to Incarceration Structural Liberty Restrictions Incarceration Boot Camps Semi-Incarceration Probation Probation is considered the least restrictive form of punishment in relation to incarceration. With probation, individuals should remain in their own residence. Restrictions as a Form of Punishment Psychological Restrictions Spatial Restrictions See more about curfews, area restrictions, requirements to be a particular place…

  • Ligitimation

    Legitimation History of Legitimation and Ligitimacy Legitimation and Ligitimacy, the status derived by individuals in consequence of being born in legal wedlock, and the means by which the same status is given to persons not so born. Under the Roman or civil law a child born before the marriage of the parents was made legitimate…