Search results for: “louisiana”

  • TELEVANGELISM

    TELEVANGELISM Term first used by Jeffrey K. Hadden and Charles E. Swann in Prime Time Preachers: The Rising Power of Televangelism (Addison-Wesley 1981) to describe a new form of religious broadcasting combining television and evangelism. Televangelism also is referred to as “the electric church” by religious broadcasters, especially Ben Armstrong (The Electric Church , Nelson…

  • 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…

  • List of Inlands

    List of Inlands in the World: Alphabetical Abaiang (Kiribati) Pacific region Abd Al Kuri (Yemen) Indian region Abemama (Kiribati) Pacific region Achill (Ireland) Atlantic region Acklins (Bahamas) Atlantic region Adak (United States – Alaska) Pacific region Adams (Canada – Northwest Territories) Atlantic region Adams (New Zealand – Auckland Islands) Pacific region Addu (Maldives) Indian region…

  • Accretion

    In international law, this is a generic term for methods by which a State may acquire title to territory through the gradual operations of nature and requiring no formal acts of appropriation, e.g., alluvial deposits at the mouths of rivers, significant changes in the course of rivers: The […]

  • Workers' Compensation

    Introduction Workers' Compensation This entry provides an overview of the legal framework of workers' compensation , with a description of the most significant features of workers' compensation at international level. Related Work and Conclusions Resources See Also References […]

  • Workers' Compensation

    Introduction Workers' Compensation This entry provides an overview of the legal framework of workers' compensation , with a description of the most significant features of workers' compensation at international level. Related Work and Conclusions Resources See Also References […]

  • Mixed Jurisdictions

    Mixed Jurisdictions Mixed jurisdictions and mixed legal systems, their characteristics and definition, have become a subject of very considerable interest and debate in Europe, no doubt because of the European Union, which has brought together many legal systems under a single legislature, which in turn has adopted laws and directives taking precedence over national laws.…

  • Sales Contract

    The Contract of Sale Explained References See Also Property (in international or comparative law)

  • Sales Contract

    The Contract of Sale Explained References See Also Property (in international or comparative law)

  • History of Codification

    See the information on Codification in France and Louisiana in the legal encyclopedias of Europe and the United States. Resources See Also Civil Code History Codification History

  • History of Codification

    See the information on Codification in France and Louisiana in the legal encyclopedias of Europe and the United States. Resources See Also Civil Code History Codification History

  • Municipal Law

    Municipal Law Definition Municipal Law, term used to designate the body of law of an individual nation or subdivision thereof, as distinguished from international law. Municipal law includes both public law, the branch of law concerned with the relations between the state and the individual, […]

  • Civil Law System

    Overview Civil law may be defined as that legal tradition which has its origin in Roman law, as codified in the Corpus Juris Civilis of Justinian,[1] and as subsequently developed in Continental Europe and around the world. Civil law eventually divided into two streams: the codified Roman […]

  • Alluvion

    Embracing mainstream international law, this section on alluvion explores the context, history and effect of the area of the law covered here. Description of Alluvion In this reference work, alluvion is a sort of the Louisiana law category. Resources See Also Accretion Avulsion. Compare […]

  • Alluvion

    Embracing mainstream international law, this section on alluvion explores the context, history and effect of the area of the law covered here. Description of Alluvion In this reference work, alluvion is a sort of the Louisiana law category. Resources See Also Accretion Avulsion. Compare […]