Category: Historical
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Isolationism
Isolationism Definition Isolationism may be defined as a former United States foreign policy doctrine advocating the avoidance of alliances with other nations in order to maintain freedom of action in world affairs. Never applied to economic or cultural affairs, isolationism was aimed […]
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Isolationism
Isolationism Definition Isolationism may be defined as a former United States foreign policy doctrine advocating the avoidance of alliances with other nations in order to maintain freedom of action in world affairs. Never applied to economic or cultural affairs, isolationism was aimed […]
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Fascism
Fascism Definition Fascism may be defined as a 20th-century form of totalitarian dictatorship that sought to create a viable society by strict regimentation of national and individual lives; conflicting interests would be adjusted by total subordination to the service of the state and […]
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Fascism
Fascism Definition Fascism may be defined as a 20th-century form of totalitarian dictatorship that sought to create a viable society by strict regimentation of national and individual lives; conflicting interests would be adjusted by total subordination to the service of the state and […]
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Roman Law
Introduction to Roman Law Roman Law, in general usage, legal system developed by the Romans from the time of their first codification of law, known as the Law of the Twelve Tables (see Twelve Tables, Law of the), in 450 bc to the death of Justinian I, ruler of the Byzantine Empire, in ad […]
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Slavery
The Legal History of Slavery This general section provides an overview of Slavery and its historical context. Slavery in the Ancient Greek Law See the main entry of this legal history topic. Slavery in the Roman Law See the main entry of this legal history topic. Slavery in the English […]
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Magna Carta
Legal Materials Pictures and translations of the Magna Carta are posted on the Internet by the National Archives and Records Administration and the British Library. You'll find a print copy in the American Jurisprudence 2d Deskbook. Abstract The Magna Carta (literally, the […]
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Mediaval Law
Mediaval Law English Case Law (The Courts) This covers: Case Law (The Courts) (see below) Statutory Law (Legislative Records) (see below) Administrative Law (Records of State) (see below) Private Legal Documents (see below) Writs and Pleadings (see below) Early Legal Treatises (see below) Collections of Texts from Various Sources (see below) Case Law (The Courts)…
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Mediaval Law
Mediaval Law English Case Law (The Courts) This covers: Case Law (The Courts) (see below) Statutory Law (Legislative Records) (see below) Administrative Law (Records of State) (see below) Private Legal Documents (see below) Writs and Pleadings (see below) Early Legal Treatises (see below) Collections of Texts from Various Sources (see below) Case Law (The Courts)…
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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…
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History of Taxation
Other Popular Tax Definitions in the World Legal Encyclopedia Adjusted Gross Income (sometimes, including History of Taxation) <a href="http://lawin.org/Ad-valorem-tax/" target="_bla…
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International Arbitration, Historical
International Arbitration International arbitration is a proceeding in which two nations refer their differences to one or more selected persons, who, after affording to each party an opportunity of being heard, pronounce judgment on the matters at issue. It is understood, unless otherwise expressed, that the judgment shall be in accordance with the law by…
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History of Government
History of Government Introduction The despotic empires of Egypt, Sumer, Assyria, Persia, and Macedonia were followed by the rise of city-states, the first self-governing communities, in which the rule of law predominated and state officials were responsible to the citizens who chose them. The city-states of Greece, such as Athens, Corinth, and Sparta, and of…
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Economic Analysis of Law
Economic Analysis of Law Introduction: Critical legal studies The Critical legal studies is a theory that challenges and overturns accepted norms and standards in legal theory and practice which fully emerged in the late 1970s. “Critical legal studies was a left-wing political/academic movement that now exists only as a school of thought in legal academia.…
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History of Working Time
History of Working Time Regulations History of Working Time until 1920 The decade following 1910 witnessed a rapid advance and extension in the already widespread movement in favour of the reduction of the hours of labour. This was mainly due, apart from general trade-union pressure, firstly to the repercussions of the World War and of…