Search results for: “key topics in u s constitution with u s in the title”

  • Due Process

    US Main Decisions: 1. Record – Fernandez – Vargas v. Gonzales 2. Fernandez-Vargas v. Gonzales 3. Hamdan v. Rumsfeld 4. United States v. Noriega 5. Islamic American Relief Agency v. Gonzales 6. Al-Marri v. Wright 7. El-Masri v. United States 8. […]

  • Due Process

    US Main Decisions: 1. Record – Fernandez – Vargas v. Gonzales 2. Fernandez-Vargas v. Gonzales 3. Hamdan v. Rumsfeld 4. United States v. Noriega 5. Islamic American Relief Agency v. Gonzales 6. Al-Marri v. Wright 7. El-Masri v. United States 8. […]

  • Courts

    Introduction Courts, branch of government established to administer the civil and criminal law. The term court is also applied to the international tribunals intended to provide for the resolution at law of controversies among governments, namely, the Permanent Court of International […]

  • 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 […]

  • Legal Research

    Legal research is the investigation of information necessary to support legal decision-making, when applied by judges, or the search for authority that can be applied to a given set of facts and issues, when practiced by a researcher. International Legal Research Resources Encyclopedias, […]

  • Databases

    Databases Definition A database is an organized collection of data, today typically in digital form. The data are typically organized to model relevant aspects of reality, factual, in a way that supports processes requiring this information. The term database is applied to the data and their […]

  • Attorney General

    Introduction to Attorney General Attorney General, in the United States and the United Kingdom, the chief law officer of the government. The duties of the attorney general are to advise and represent the government in important legal matters and to initiate and supervise legal proceedings […]

  • Attorney General

    Introduction to Attorney General Attorney General, in the United States and the United Kingdom, the chief law officer of the government. The duties of the attorney general are to advise and represent the government in important legal matters and to initiate and supervise legal proceedings […]

  • Normativity

    Normativity of Law Books and Papers Jonny Anomaly & Geoffrey Brennan (2014). Social Norms, The Invisible Hand, and the Law. University of Queensland Law Journal 33 (2). Stefano Bertea & George Pavlakos (eds.) (2011). New Essays on the Normativity of Law. Hart Pub.. Brian Bix (2006). Legal Positivism and ‘Explaining’ Normativity and Authority. American Philosophical…

  • International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law

    International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law (IECL) is a multivolumen (17-volume Encyclopedia), one of the well-known law works, a much-cited reference work, and an ambitious project that brings together works from leading scholars in comparative law. Maybe because its ambition it is somewhat dated. The International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law appears…

  • International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law

    International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law (IECL) is a multivolumen (17-volume Encyclopedia), one of the well-known law works, a much-cited reference work, and an ambitious project that brings together works from leading scholars in comparative law. Maybe because its ambition it is somewhat dated. The International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law appears…

  • State Legal Research

    State Legal Research U.S. State Legal Research The first three topics in this subset highlight key sources in researching the laws of popular states. The last of this set provides general advice about researching the law of any state, including key sources of information for all fifty states (D.C. and U.S. territories are often included…

  • International Treaties

    International Treaties in general Resources See Also Popular Treaties Topics Treaties of the United Nations (UN) Types of Treaties International Treaties Famous Treaties Law of Treaties Numbered Treaties

  • Foreign Laws

    Foreign Laws Secondary Sources: The subscription-based Foreign Law Guide: Current Sources of Codes and Basic Legislation in Jurisdictions of the World by Reynolds and Flores explains the legal bibliographies of most foreign countries, including subject-specific treatises in English [formerly published by F. B. Rothman as a looseleaf under the title Foreign Laws]. The blue pages…