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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…

  • Fasting

    Introduction to FastingFasting, abstention from food, and often also from drink, for a longer than usual period. Fasting has been practiced for centuries in connection with religious ceremonies. Fasts are observed among Christians, Jews, Muslims, Confucianists, Hindus, Daoists, Jainists, an…

  • International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family

    International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family Bibliographic Details Publisher: Macmillan Reference USA Copyright: 2002 (2nd edition (November 27, 2002) Language: English ISBN-10: 0028656725 ISBN-13: 978-0028656724 Pages: 2000 Table of Contents Abortion Abstinence Academic Achievement Acculturation Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Adolescent Parenthood Adoption Adulthood Affection Afghanistan African-American Families Alzheimer’s Disease American Indian Families Anabaptists (Amish, Mennonite)…

  • Vital Articles in Wikipedia

    Vital Law-Related Articles in Wikipedia Vital Articles in Wikipedia, Law-Related, with Page Views (in May 2013) Page Views World War II 1581032 United States 1295658 India 976306 United Kingdom 839999 World War I 737122 Australia 725548 Leonardo da Vinci 667564 China 663247 Japan 649289 Albert Einstein 619336 William Shakespeare 618768 Mahatma Gandhi 612628 Dog 549714…

  • Linked Data Principles to Legal Information

    Linked Data and Law (Legal Information) Note: see the Encyclopedia’ Linked Data project at Lawi Metadata Bob DuCharme discussed the value of linked data in United States law. DuCharme notes, “At a recent W3C Government Linked Data Working Group working group meeting, I started thinking more about the role in linked data of laws that…

  • General Division Classification (Max Planck Institute)

    General Division Classification (Max Planck Institute) Notation System Tags AA 1 General Theory of Law, Philosophy AA 1.1.1 Legal Philosophy: Legal Philosophy AA 1.2.2 Creation of law, interpretation: Lawmaking, Interpretation, Legal findings AA 1.3.3 Legal Theory: Legal Theory, Natural law, Normativism, Positivism, Pure Theory of Law AA 1.4.4 Sociology of Law: Sociology of Law AA…

  • Top 25.000 English words

    Which are the top 25.000 most popular English words? According to a review from Lawi, these are the 25.000 most popular English words, in order: you the i to a and it of that in is me what this for my on your we have do no don’t are be i’m not was he it’s…