Search results for: “1861”
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Registration
Introduction to Registration Registration, in electoral systems, method usually used to identify voters who are qualified to participate in an election. The act of registration is not, in a strict legal sense, a qualification for voting in the way that age, residence, race, literacy, and rel…
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Registration
Introduction to Registration Registration, in electoral systems, method usually used to identify voters who are qualified to participate in an election. The act of registration is not, in a strict legal sense, a qualification for voting in the way that age, residence, race, literacy, and rel…
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Code of Canon Law
Code of Canon Law Old Code General Principles of Canon Law In 1918, in the book “A Commentary and Summary of the New Code of Canon Law”, the author, Rev. Stanislaus Woywod wrote: Special agreements or concordats made between certain nations and the Holy See are not changed by the Code. (Canon 3.) Acquired rights,…
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Code of Canon Law
Code of Canon Law Old Code General Principles of Canon Law In 1918, in the book “A Commentary and Summary of the New Code of Canon Law”, the author, Rev. Stanislaus Woywod wrote: Special agreements or concordats made between certain nations and the Holy See are not changed by the Code. (Canon 3.) Acquired rights,…
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Heresy
Note: see also heresy in the European legal Encyclopedia. Heresy, the English equivalent of the Greek word ??????? which is used in the Septuagint for “free choice,” in later classical literature for a philosophical school or sect as “chosen” by those who belong […]
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World-state
The World-state is Not Desirable Lassa Oppenheim, in the book entitled The Future of International Law, about The World-state is Not Desirable, wrote in 1921: 18. Whatever else can be urged against a universal federal state and the like, it is at the present day no longer a physical […]
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Henry Maine
Among early scholars, Sir Henry Maine (1822- 88), also Sir Henry James Sumner Maine, is considered significant as the father of comparative law,25 as well as of legal anthropology (Rouland, 1994: 21), though he is also blamed for producing a much-criticised evolutionist legal scheme that […]
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Cross-References
Syntactic Cross-References in Legal Information RetrievalThe following is a basic concept of Syntactic Cross-References in relation to information retrieval. In addition to this, Syntactic Cross-References may be applied to legal texts, including case law, legislation and scholarly works. In […]
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Seccession
Seccession in Constitutional LawFrom the Comparative Constitutions Project: The act of withdrawing from an organized political body, such as when the southern states withdrew from the United States in 1861.
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Encyclopedia of Antislavery and Abolition
Encyclopedia of Antislavery and Abolition Title: Encyclopedia of Antislavery and Abolition Encyclopedia of Antislavery and Abolition List of Entries Abolitionist Women Adams, John Quincy (1767- 1848) Africa, Antislavery in Africa, Emancipation in Africa Squadron African American Communities Allen, Richard (1760-1831) Ambar, Malik (c. 1550-1626) American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society (AFASS) American Anti-Slavery Society (AASS) American…
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Encyclopedia of Antislavery and Abolition
Encyclopedia of Antislavery and Abolition Title: Encyclopedia of Antislavery and Abolition Encyclopedia of Antislavery and Abolition List of Entries Abolitionist Women Adams, John Quincy (1767- 1848) Africa, Antislavery in Africa, Emancipation in Africa Squadron African American Communities Allen, Richard (1760-1831) Ambar, Malik (c. 1550-1626) American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society (AFASS) American Anti-Slavery Society (AASS) American…
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Lynching
Introduction to LynchingLynching, hanging or other types of executions, in punishment of a presumed criminal offense, carried out by self-appointed commissions or mobs, without due process of law. The term lynching is generally believed to be derived from the name of a Virginia justice of t…
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Classical Criminology
Development of Criminology: Classical CriminologyIntroduction to Classical CriminologyThe issues of crime and punishment have aroused interest and discussion since ancient times. Scriptures dating from the 10th century bc prohibit certain acts and provide consequences for those who…
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Alabama Arbitration
“Alabama” Arbitration Introduction According to Collier’s New Encyclopedia, the Alabama claims were a “series of claims made in 1871 by the United States against the English Government for damages done to shipping during the Civil War, after a formal discussion between the two governments in 1865, and fruitless conventions for their settlement in 1868 and…