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  • Antiterrorism Efforts

    General Concerns Criticism about anti-terrorism legislation and other measures in the United States, Canada and other countries focussed on three main areas: general concerns about the scope and effectiveness of these initiatives, violations of civil liberties, and invasions of […]

  • Juvenile Courts

    In relation to religious matters, find out about Juvenile Courts and the following issues in this world legal Encyclopedia: Language, Insane, Good Faith Rector, Bigamy, Tobacco, Liquor Newspapers, Criticisms, Priest Clergyman, Discipline, Tribunals, Testimony, Argument Physical Discipline, […]

  • Search Warrant

    Search Warrant Search Warrant, in criminal law, order of a court, usually of a magistrate, issued to an officer of the law authorizing a search of the premises named in the warrant for stolen articles, property possessed in violation of the law, or the instruments or evidence of a crime. The warrant authorizes the officer…

  • Rules of Neutrality

    Neutrality Rules of NeutralityIntroduction to Rules of NeutralityThe complicated rules of neutrality are based, for the most part, on two deceptively simple assumptions, namely, that a neutral state, being neither judge nor party in the conflict, must show impartiality in its deali…

  • Preliminary Hearing

    Criminal Procedure: Pretrial Events Preliminary Hearing or IndictmentIntroduction to Preliminary HearingUnder federal criminal procedure and in about half of the states, a person must be indicted (formally charged) by a grand jury before a felony trial can take place. Other states …

  • Investigation and Arrest

    Criminal Procedure: Pretrial Events Investigation and ArrestIntroduction to Investigation and ArrestThe first step in a criminal prosecution is normally the arrest of the suspect. Arrests can be made with or without a warrant (a document issued by a court prior to an arrest that cl…

  • First Judicial Appearance

    Criminal Procedure: Pretrial Events First Judicial AppearanceIntroduction to First Judicial AppearanceWithin a reasonable time after the arrest, the accused must be taken before a magistrate and informed of the charge. The magistrate will ascertain that the person before the court …

  • List of Authors to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution

    List of Authors to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution Main Entries: List of Entries and Authors of the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution Encyclopedia of the American Constitution Listing of entries to the Encyclopedia by Author: Benjamin Aaron Professor of Law, Emeritus University of California, Los Angeles LABOR AND THE ANTITRUST LAWS Henry J.…

  • List of Entries and Authors of the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution

    List of Articles and Contributors of the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution Main Entry: the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution. List of Authors by Entry (A-Z): ADEQUATE STATE GROUNDS Kenneth L. Karst ADKINS V. CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL Leonard W. Levy ADLER V. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF CITY OF NEW YORK Martin Shapiro ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES Joseph Vining…

  • Civil Liberties Concerns

    Civil Rights and Civil Liberties: International ConcernsTo establish the principles of civil liberties and civil rights on an international basis, the United Nations Charter was drawn up after World War II (1939-1945); it states that one of the purposes of the UN is to promote and encourage…

  • 1000 Top law pages in Wikipedia in may 2013

    1000 Most popular law pages in Wikipedia in May 2013 Previous most popular law pages in Wikipedia: 1 to 500 500 Top law pages in Wikipedia in may 2013 250 Top law pages in Wikipedia in may 2013 500 Top law pages in Wikipedia in may 2012 250 Top law pages in Wikipedia in may…

  • 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…

  • International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda Part 4

    International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda Part 4   43 Current developments in the jurisprudence of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda Roman Boed International Criminal Law Review Volume 3, Number 2, 2003 p.169-181 LAW JOURNAL / LAW REVIEW 44 International Criminal Tribunal For Rwanda Reports of Orders, Documents and Judgements 1995-1997, by Eric David, Pierre…

  • Florida: Legislative Committees abbreviations

    Florida: Legislative Committees abbreviations Abbreviations: Past and Present Legislative Committees Abbreviations follow Rule 2.2 and Bluebook tables T.6, T.7, T.9, T.10, and T.11. Senate Committee Abbreviation Agriculture…………………………………………………..Agric. Agriculture and Consumer Services …………………………………………………Agric. & Consumer Servs. Appropriations ……………………………………………..Approp. Banking and Insurance …………………………………Banking & Ins. Budget …………………………………………………………Budget Children and Families…………………………………..Child. & Fams. Children, Families, and Elder Affairs…

  • Stages of a Criminal Case

    Stages of a Criminal Case Chronology Felony Misdemeanor Stop Temporary detention of an individual for investigation. To be legal, a stop must be based on reasonable suspicion to believe the individual has committed, or is about to commit, some violation of the law. If the stop yields information to confirm the suspicion, the stop may…