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  • Montesquieu

    Montesquieu Montesquieu on this same subject as Fenelon , wrote ths: “To maintain the spirit of commerce, it is necessary that all the laws must favor it. These laws, by proportionately dividing up the fortunes as they are made in commerce, should provide every poor citizen with sufficiently easy circumstances to enable him to work…

  • Comparative Law

    Comparative law may be defined as the study of the similarities and differences between the laws or legal rules of two or more countries, or between two or more legal systems (i.e. the study of legal systems and laws in different countries). It is not a body of rules and principle. It is a […]

  • Personal Property

    Personal Property…

  • Personal Property

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  • 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…

  • Social Contract

    Political Theory: The Social Contract Introduction to Social Contract The English philosopher Thomas Hobbes also stressed governmental power. His major work, Leviathan (1651), argued that the sovereign's power should be unlimited, because the state originated in a so-called social contract, […]

  • Social Contract

    Political Theory: The Social Contract Introduction to Social Contract The English philosopher Thomas Hobbes also stressed governmental power. His major work, Leviathan (1651), argued that the sovereign's power should be unlimited, because the state originated in a so-called social contract, […]

  • Political Pluralism

    Political Pluralism Pluralism in Politics On the basis of some decades of experience, one can reasonably argue that eclmic pluralism is entirely compatible with the existence of a unified republic. Kallen would have said that it is simply the expression of democracy in the sphere of culture. It is, however, an unexpected expression: the American…

  • Constitutionalism

    Papers and Books Nicholas Aroney (2009). The Constitution of a Federal Commonwealth: The Making and Meaning of the Australian Constitution. Cambridge University Press. By analysing original sources and evaluating conceptual frameworks, this book discusses the idea proclaimed in the […]

  • Constitutionalism

    Papers and Books Nicholas Aroney (2009). The Constitution of a Federal Commonwealth: The Making and Meaning of the Australian Constitution. Cambridge University Press. By analysing original sources and evaluating conceptual frameworks, this book discusses the idea proclaimed in the […]

  • Reasons

    Oral Reasons in Canadian Procedural Law Find materials in the Canadian legal Encyclopedia that anlyze Oral Reasons.

  • Reasons

    Oral Reasons in Canadian Procedural Law Find materials in the Canadian legal Encyclopedia that anlyze Oral Reasons.

  • Nobility

    Nobility Nobility in 1889 The following information about Nobility is from the Cyclopaedia of Political Science, Political Economy, and the Political History of the United States by the Best American and European Writers. “The Domesday Book is nothing but a great inventory of the Norman conquest. We quote from the history of M. Augustin Thierry…

  • Encyclopedia of Antislavery and Abolition

    Encyclopedia of Antislavery and Abolition Title: Encyclopedia of Antislavery and Abolition Encyclopedia of Antislavery and Abolition List of Entries Abolitionist Women Adams, John Quincy (1767- 1848) Africa, Antislavery in Africa, Emancipation in Africa Squadron African American Communities Allen, Richard (1760-1831) Ambar, Malik (c. 1550-1626) American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society (AFASS) American Anti-Slavery Society (AASS) American…

  • Encyclopedia of Antislavery and Abolition

    Encyclopedia of Antislavery and Abolition Title: Encyclopedia of Antislavery and Abolition Encyclopedia of Antislavery and Abolition List of Entries Abolitionist Women Adams, John Quincy (1767- 1848) Africa, Antislavery in Africa, Emancipation in Africa Squadron African American Communities Allen, Richard (1760-1831) Ambar, Malik (c. 1550-1626) American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society (AFASS) American Anti-Slavery Society (AASS) American…