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  • Encyclopedia of the American Constitution

    Encyclopedia of the American Constitution Related entries about this Encyclopedia: List of Entries and Authors of the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution Encyclopedia of the American Constitution Bibliographic Details Title: Encyclopedia of the American Constitution Editors: Leonard W. Levy, Dennis J. Mahoney and Kenneth L. Karst Publisher: Cengage Gale, United States Publication Dates: 1986, 1992…

  • Federalism in America: An Encyclopedia

    Federalism in America: An Encyclopedia Book Details ISBN: 9780313329470 Editors/Authors: Marbach, Joseph R., Katz, Ellis and Smith, Troy E. Publisher: Greenwood Subject: United states, Federal government, Civics, Citizenship Publication Date: 2005-12-31 Language: English Pages: 808 Reviews Synopsis This encyclopedia provides a comprehensive reference explaining the major concepts, institutions, court cases, epochs, personalities, and policies that…

  • Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court of the United States

    Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court of the United States Book Details ISBN:9780028661247 Author:Tanenhaus, David Spinoza Publisher: MacMillan Reference Library, distributed by Sage. LC Call Number: Reference Collection: KF8742.A35 E525 2008 Publication Date: 2008-10-24 Subject: Government – Judicial Branch, Encyclopedias, United states, Supreme court, Courts – Supreme Court Language: English Reviews This legal Encyclopedia contains about…

  • History of Courts

    History of Courts Legal History of the Courts Ancient Greek: Courts and Magistrates in Ancient Athens See the main entry of this legal history topic. Ancient Roman: Civil Courts See the main entry of this legal history topic. Ancient Roman: Criminal Courts in the Roman Republic and the Empire See the main entry of this…

  • Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States

    The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States provides information on and analysis of significant Supreme Court cases. Content is organized alphabetically by case name and each entry includes a discussion of the legal and social background of the case, the…

  • Encyclopedia of the American Constitution

    Encyclopedia of the American Constitution Introduction The Encyclopedia of the American Constitution is a six volume set treatise available both in print and online. It provides encyclopedic-type essays on many constitutional law topics written by leading constitutional law scholars, judges, and historians. It covers all aspects of the Constitution, including a chronology of the birth…

  • List of Fraudsters, Impostors and Cases of Fraud

    List of Fraudsters, Impostors and Cases of Fraud Fraud Topics Carcass trade Dissolving cheque Fare-beating Filing a false tax return Fraud Against the Government Fraudulent billing Fraudulent loan Insurance-underwriting racket – Jobbing firm, fraudulent business Just-a-few-dollar-more scam Mail-order fraud Major procurement fraud Marinated money scam Million-dollar dump Money-making machine Phoney money-producing scheme Phony accident claim…

  • Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia, 1914

    Bouvier’s Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia Bouvier’s Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia (3d revision), 8th ed., West Publishing Company, 1914, 3 volumes; reprinted in 1984 by William S. Hein & Co., Inc. Acording to Morris L. Cohen et Al. (“How to Find the Law”, 412, 9th ed. 1989), “For almost a hundred years, the numerous…

  • Abandonment and Total Loss in Marine Insurance, Historical

    Abandonment and Total Loss in Marine Insurance, Historical Definition Abandonment, in the law of marine insurance, is the act of cession, by which, in cases where the loss or destruction of the property, though not absolute, is highly imminent, or its recovery is too expensive to be worth the attempt, the assured, on condition of…

  • Legal citation and the Encyclopedia

    Legal Citation and the Encyclopedia See How to Cite the Encyclopedia Citation A Citation may be defined as a reference that identifies a particular case, law review article, book, statute or other resource. For example, in the United States, the citation for John v. Smith may be 820 U.S. 999 (1985). The case appears, therefore,…

  • International Law Encyclopedia 4

    International Law Encyclopedia 4 LIST OF ENTRIES IN VOLUME IV Feminism, Approach to International Law Christine Chinkin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Final Act Sir Michael Wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .…

  • International Law Encyclopedia 3

    International Law Encyclopedia 3 LIST OF ENTRIES IN VOLUME III Delagoa Bay Railway Arbitration Gleider I Hernández . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Delali? Case Alexander Kees . . . . . . . . . . .…

  • Encyclopedia of Public International Law update in August

    Encyclopedia of Public International Law update in August The Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (MPEPIL) is a comprehensive online resource containing peer-reviewed articles on every aspect of public international law. The August 2011 update adds 95 new articles. Highlights include new overview articles on Law of the Sea, International Economic Law, and State…

  • Judicial Review

    Introduction The U.S. case Marbury v. Madison (1803) held that the power of a court to decide what is the meaning of the American Constitution was implicit in an independent judiciary. This power of judicial review in the U.S. was a unique feature of the U.S. constitutionalism well into the […]

  • Regionalism

    Embracing mainstream international law, this section on regionalism explores the context, history and effect of the area of the law covered here. Regionalism and Europe There is an entry on regionalism in the European legal encyclopedia. Resources See Also Further Reading Entry […]