Search results for: “supreme court reporter”
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Geographic Information Systems
Profound technological advances are transforming the basic nature of information management. As governments implement new information technology, conventional paper records are fast giving way to powerful electronic databases. One type of information management system increasingly being […]
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Americanization
Americanization of International Law From August Reinisch (1): “There are currently more than hundred American international law journals mostly affiliated with US law schools compared to a few dozen European, Asian, African, and others. What is even more irritating: abrief glimpse at such renowned summaries of international law as the Restatement of International Law “adopted…
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A Dictionary of Law
A Dictionary of Law One of the historical legal dictionaries is the “Dictionary of Law consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases and Maxims.” As the original title states, it is a Dictionary and Compendium of American and English Jurisprudence. Compiled and written by attorney William C. Anderson and published in Chicago by…
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A Dictionary of Law
A Dictionary of Law One of the historical legal dictionaries is the “Dictionary of Law consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases and Maxims.” As the original title states, it is a Dictionary and Compendium of American and English Jurisprudence. Compiled and written by attorney William C. Anderson and published in Chicago by…
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Digests
Digests as Secondary Authority and other Legal Research Sources West Key Number Digest System There is more information about this subjet related to the field of legal research in the legal encyclopedia.Components of the West Digests There is more information about this subjet related to the […]
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Protection of the Press
Freedom of the Press: Protection of the PressIntroduction to Protection of the PressIn the 18th century the British Parliament imposed a tax on printed matter. Since it increased the cost of newspapers, it became known as a tax on knowledge. In a 1936 case, the U.S. Supreme Court h…
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Recognition of Judgments
Private International Law: Recognition of JudgmentsIntroduction to Recognition of JudgmentsIn general international practice, whenever the recognition of foreign laws or of foreign legal acts is specifically prohibited by statute or would result in unconscionable injury or contrave…
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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…
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Google Scholar
Google Scholar for Legal Research Google launched a “Legal opinions and journals” database in its Google Scholar search in November 2009. It allows attorneys to search for cases from the United States federal and state courts. Free Online Legal Research Google Scholar allows users to search and read opinions for U.S. state appellate and supreme…
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Efraín Ríos Montt
José Efraín Ríos Montt By Mary Jo McConahay. She is the author of Maya Roads, One Woman’s Journey Among the People of the Rainforest (Chicago Review Press). Gen. José Efraín Ríos Montt, had ruled the country for 17 months from 1982 to 1983, during the peak of a counterinsurgency campaign directed at the Maya and…