Category: Historical

  • History of Labor Legislation

    History of Labor Legislation Introduction In comparing legislation affecting factories, mines, shops and truck in the chief industrial countries of the continent with that of Great Britain, it is essential to a just view that inquiry should be extended beyond the codes themselves to the general social order and system of law and administration in…

  • History of Industrial Councils

    History of Industrial Councils History of Industrial Councils in the United Kingdom The formation of joint industrial councils (or, as they are commonly called, “Whitley Councils” ) has been one of the most important sequels of wartime developments in the attempt to adjust the relations of employers and employees in the organization of British industry.…

  • History of the International Labour Organization

    History of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Origins of the ILO An important part of the scheme for a League of Nations embodied in the Peace Treaty of Versailles in 1919 involved the creation of a new International Labour Organization. The Labour part of the Treaty (Part XIII.) rested on the principle laid down in…

  • Historical Country Names

    Historical country Names Introduction They are alternative names (or alternative spellings of names) for several countries. This information is often useful for legal and political researchers working with historical sources, because these sources used to refer to countries by different names than of current use. Table of Historical country Names Name Alternative Spellings / Names…

  • Legal History Resources

    Legal History Resources Legal History Resources in the Legal encyclopedias Legal history in the International Encyclopedia of Law>: Entries about Legal History in the International Encyclopedia of Law Legal history in the American Encyclopedia of Law: Entries about Legal History in the American Encyclopedia of Law Legal history in the Asian Encyclopedia of Law: Entries…

  • 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…

  • A Selection of Legal Maxims

    A Selection of Legal Maxims “A Selection of Legal Maxims, Classtfieli and Illustrated”is a legal treatise. By Herbert Broom, Barrister at Law, and, in the 6th Edition (1884), also by CHARLES CAGNEY and HERBERT F. MANISTY. LONDON: W. MAXWELL & SON, 8, BELL YARD, TEMPLE BAR. PREFACE TO THE SIXTH EDITION. The reader will find…

  • List of sports and Entertainment law relevant cases

    List of sports and entertainment law relevant cases United States Central Manufacturing, Inc. v. Brett et al. (year 2007) Bevelo v. Carter (year 2006) Club Italia Soccer & Sports Organization, Inc. v. Charter Township of Shelby, Mich. (year 2006) Doe v. MacFarlane (year 2006) Fortson v. Colangelo (year 2006) Harrick v. National Collegiate Athletic Association…

  • Right in Rem, Historical

    Right in Rem, Historical A right in rem is a right availing against persons generally, and is a right to forbearances. The duty-bearers are indeterminate. Only a few of them can ever be specifically known. Any one in the State may become a duty-bearer. For example, a man’s right to personal security, his right of…

  • Rights and the Law Classification, Historical

    Rights and the Law Classification, Historical The word, rights, as used in municipal law and in the classification of law given (in Law Classification, Historical ), denotes two groups of attributes attached to persons. I. It usually means a power in one person, called the right-holder, to force another, called the duty-bearer, by aid of…

  • Law Classification, Historical

    Law Classification , Historical A nation’s law, as it exists at any date in the nation’s history, whether expressed by a written constitution, by statutes, by case law, by customs, or, as is now usually the case in civilized countries, by all of these in combination, may be conveniently grouped under nine great heads, as…

  • Lexis’ Case Search

    Lexis ‘ Case Search UK and European Digest CaseSearch is an online case citator. It allows you to track the history of a case, finding out how the decision has been applied in subsequent cases. It is updated daily and provides procedural history, Annotations , keywords and summaries. Subsequent judicial consideration of a case is…

  • List of Legal History Broader Databases

    List of Legal History Broader Databases The following databases are comprehensive, covering a wide selection of time periods, and can be a starting point for a more specific database. Primary Sources Databases These databases provide access to full-text materials from the Middle Ages to the present: handwritten manuscripts, early printed treatises, pamphlets, etc. Some of…

  • Historical Dictionary of International Tribunals

    Historical Dictionary of International Tribunals Author: Boczek, Boleslaw A. Historical Dictionary of International Tribunals. Place and date of Publication and Publisher: Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1994. According to Introduction to Research in International Law (see Further Reading), this Legal dictionary “provides a “comprehensive treatment of international courts and tribunals and related aspects of…

  • Bouvie’s Law Dictionary and Institutes of American Law

    Bouvier’s Law Dictionary and Institutes of American Law Review of Bouvier’s Law Dictionary and “Institutes of American Law” This review was written in “North American Review”(July, 1861) by S. Austin Allibone, author of “the Dictionary of Authors” The author of these volumes taught lawyers by his books, but he taught all men by his example,…