Search results for: “religious institution”
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Cuba
The Legal History of Cuba This section provides an overview of Cuba Cuba in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): On January 14, 2011, President Obama directed the Secretaries of State, Treasury, and […]
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Cuba
The Legal History of Cuba This section provides an overview of Cuba Cuba in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): On January 14, 2011, President Obama directed the Secretaries of State, Treasury, and […]
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ROLES
ROLES Comprehensive patterns of behavior and attitudes, constituting a strategy for coping with a recurrent set of situations (Turner 1990). A social role is played by different individuals and supplies a major basis for identifying and placing persons in a group, organization, or society. Roles consist of rights, duties, and expected behavior and give stability…
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SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION
SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION A recently published British textbook describes the task of the sociology of religion in three ways: first, to further the understanding of the role of religion in society; second, to analyze its significance in and impact upon human history; and, third, to understand the social forces and influences that in turn shape…
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SEXISM
SEXISM Millions of believers gather regularly in churches, synagogues, and other “holy” places to worship a higher power, learn the doctrines and principles of their faith, socialize with other followers, and celebrate a particular form of “family life.” Commensurate with the faith messages are admonitions concerning the rights and responsibilities of men, women, and children…
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Jews
Jews, Seventh-Day Observers From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Jews, Seventh-Day Observers (1): In several of the States it has been held that Jews and Seventh-Day observers of the Sabbath must obey the Sunday law.743However, in many States there is a statute expressly […]
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Anthropology
Anthropology History Anthropology (Gr. ἄνθρωπος man, and λόγος, theory or science), the science which, in its strictest sense, has as its object the study of man as a unit in the animal kingdom. It is distinguished from ethnology, which is devoted to the study of man as a racial unit, and from ethnography, which deals…
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History of the Church and State Relationship
History of the Church and State Relationship Church and State, relationship between the organized church and the government of a country, especially with regard to the extent of their powers within each other’s sphere of activity. The problem of church and state has come into relatively sharp focus in the tradition of Western Christianity, although…
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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…
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Bumper Development Corp., Ltd. v. Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis and Others
Hello Hello Bumper Development Corp., Ltd. v. Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis and Others (Union of India and Others, Claimants) England, Court of Appeal, Civil Division, 1991. In 1976, an Indian laborer named Ramamoorthi, who lived near the site of a ruined Hindu temple at Pathur in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, was…
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List of Titles of Halsburys Laws of Canada
List of Titles of Halsburys Laws of Canada List of titles, publication dates, and authors of the volumes already in print or in preparation Access to Information and Privacy (Dec 06) by Michael Power Administrative law (Dec 08) by Guy Regimbald Agency by Maurice Coombs Agriculture (Dec-09) by Donald Buckingham Alternative Dispute Resolution (Dec-09) by…
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Canadian Encyclopedic Digest: First Ontario Edition
Canadian Encyclopedic Digest: First Ontario Edition Copyright 1926 Burroughs and Company [Eastern] Ltd. Volume 1 Absentees by W. Kent Power (1925) Accession by W. J. Tremeear (1925) Actions by W. Kent Power (1925) Admiralty by W. J. Tremeear (1925) Agency by S. Edward Bolton (1925) Aliens by W. J. Tremeear (1925) Animals by Paul Home…