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  • Suffrage

    Introduction to SuffrageSuffrage, right or privilege of voting to elect public officials and to adopt or reject legislation. Suffrage is a political institution dating from ancient times. In the city-states of Greece, all freemen (who constituted a minority of the population) were expected …

  • Paper Trail for Electronic Voting

    Electronic Voting A 'Paper Trail' for Electronic VotingIntroduction to Paper Trail for Electronic VotingThis lack of an independent proof, or audit trail, for the vote data collected by DREs led numerous computer scientists to consider the requirement that all electronic el…

  • Electronic Voting Problems

    Electronic Voting Problems with Electronic VotingIntroduction to Electronic Voting ProblemsScientific concerns about the reliability of electronic vote tallying were raised early on, in a 1975 report by voting technology consultant Roy Saltman at the U.S. National Bureau of Standar…

  • 250 Top Law Pages in Wikipedia in May 2013

    250 Most Popular Law Pages in Wikipedia in May 2013 Bitcoin The Pirate Bay Fritzl case Same-sex marriage Brown v. Board of Education Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution To Kill a Mockingbird Assata Shakur Marriage Civil Rights Act of 1964 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act United States Constitution Fifth Amendment to the…

  • Convention for the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Eastern African Region 2

    Convention for the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Eastern African Region   Article 15 LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION The Contracting Parties shall co-operate, directly or with the assistance of competent regional and International Organizations , with a view to formulating and adopting appropriate rules and procedures which are in…

  • Convention for the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Eastern African Region 2

    Convention for the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Eastern African Region   Article 15 LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION The Contracting Parties shall co-operate, directly or with the assistance of competent regional and International Organizations , with a view to formulating and adopting appropriate rules and procedures which are in…

  • Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage 2

    Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage   IV. Fund For The Protection Of The World Cultural And Natural Heritage Article 15 1. A Fund for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage of Outstanding Universal Value, called “the World Heritage Fund”, is hereby established. 2. The Fund shall…

  • Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage

    Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage   III. Intergovernmental Committee For The Protection Of The World Cultural And Natural Heritage Article 8 1. An Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection of the Cultural and Natural Heritage of Outstanding Universal Value, called “the World Heritage Committee”, is hereby established within the United…

  • Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage

    Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage   Article 12 The fact that a property belonging to the cultural or natural heritage has not been included in either of the two lists mentioned in paragraphs 2 and 4 of Article 11 shall in no way be construed to mean that it…

  • 250 Top law pages in Wikipedia in may 2012

    250 Most popular law articles in Wikipedia in may 2012 1 The Pirate Bay 2 Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution 3 Marriage 4 First Amendment to the United States Constitution 5 List of amendments to the United States Constitution 6 Brown v. Board of Education 7 Same-sex marriage in the United States 8…

  • Electorate

    Introduction to ElectorateElectorate, term applied to all of the eligible voters in a political democracy. If a substantial majority of the mature citizens of a community are allowed to participate in elections, and if no compulsion or restraint is involved in voting, that community is cons…

  • Some U.S. Contitution key topics, including cases

    Some United States Contitution key topics, including cases Abington Township v. Schempp Adderley v. Florida af?rmative action Agostini v. Felton Allen v. State Board of Elections Allied Structural Steel v. Spannus [ Atty Gen of Minn ] Ambach v. Norwick Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. See speci?c amendments American Booksellers Association v. Hudnut American Indians…

  • U.S. Constitution topics excluding cases

    List of United States Constitution topics excluding cases af?rmative action Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. See speci?c amendments American Indians and the U.S. Constitution Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) Bickel, Alexander Brandeis brief capital punishment child labor confrontation clause Congress. See also U.S. House of Representatives; U.S. Senate counter majoritarianism diplomatic immunity eminent…

  • United States Constitution timeline

    1142 Iroquois Confederacy formed 1215 King John forced by English nobles to signthe Magna Carta at Runnymede 1620 May?ower Compact signed 1692 Salem Witch Trials 1735 Peter Zenger acquitted in a jury trial; foundnot guilty of engaging in seditious libel 1765 The British adopt the Stamp Act 1767 The British adopt the Townsend Act 1770…

  • Political Parties

    Introduction to Political PartiesPolitical Parties, organizations that mobilize voters on behalf of a common set of interests, concerns, and goals. In many nations, parties play a crucial role in the democratic process. They formulate political and policy agendas, select candidates, conduct…