Search results for: “history of courts”
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History of the Church and State Relationship
History of the Church and State Relationship Church and State, relationship between the organized church and the government of a country, especially with regard to the extent of their powers within each other’s sphere of activity. The problem of church and state has come into relatively sharp focus in the tradition of Western Christianity, although…
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History of Censorship
History of Censorship Early History Censorship and the ideology supporting it go back to ancient times. Every society has had customs, taboos, or laws by which speech, play, dress, religious observance, and sexual expression were regulated. Greek Censorship In Athens, where democracy first flourished, Socrates preferred to sacrifice his life rather than accept censorship of…
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Early Courts
Early Courts The recognized existence of even primitive courts implies a relatively high degree of social organization and the need for systematic adjudication of disputes on the basis of established customs and consciously formulated rules of social conduct. Archaeologists and anthropologists have established the existence of courts in simple societies over wide areas of Asia,…
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History of Working Time
History of Working Time Regulations History of Working Time until 1920 The decade following 1910 witnessed a rapid advance and extension in the already widespread movement in favour of the reduction of the hours of labour. This was mainly due, apart from general trade-union pressure, firstly to the repercussions of the World War and of…
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History of Year Books
History of Year Books English-language first case reports, Year Books, were manuscript law reports prepared from 1292 to 1535.[1] These early reports were collections of notes taken down concerning actions at the court,[2] rather than case reports as were developed lately.[3] (Nomative) court reporters[4] followed The Year Books . These reports were individually compiled by…
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History of Citation Indexing
History of Citation Indexing Legal Citation indexing originated with a table of cases that Joseph Story began in 1743. For centuries, the history of Legal Citation indexes wes related to the history of print law reports. The founder of modern citation indexing and citation analysis is Dr. Eugene Gartfield. He was the founder of ISI®…
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U.S. Labor law and movement history 2
U.S. Labor law and movement history 2 See U.S. Labor law and movement history World War I During World War I Gompers and the AFL were strong supporters of the war effort. They minimized strikes as wages soared and full employment was reached. The AFL unions strongly encouraged their young men to enlist in the…
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Lawyer’s history
Lawyer’s history Ancient Greece The earliest people who could be described as “lawyers”were probably the orators of ancient Athens (see History of Athens). However, Athenian orators faced serious structural obstacles. First, there was a rule that individuals were supposed to plead their own cases, which was soon bypassed by the increasing tendency of individuals to…
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Citation to Federal Unpublished Opinions in the Circuit Courts
In April 2006, proposed Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure (FRAP) 32.1 was adopted by the U.S. Supreme Court. The rule, which went into effect on December 1, 2006, prohibits Federal Circuit Courts from disallowing citation to federal unpublished opinions issued on or after January 1, 2007. FRAP 32.1 raises many open questions that will most…
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Procedure
Practice and Procedure Introduction to Procedure "Practice and Procedure, the legal profession's established set of procedural rules – said, about Procedure, the Encarta Online Encyclopedia -and methods. Specialized areas of law have their own rules of practice and procedure." (1) […]
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Procedure
Practice and Procedure Introduction to Procedure "Practice and Procedure, the legal profession's established set of procedural rules – said, about Procedure, the Encarta Online Encyclopedia -and methods. Specialized areas of law have their own rules of practice and procedure." (1) […]
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Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek Law
Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek Law Book Details Author: Collective work (Edited by Michael Gagarin and David Cohen) Publication Date: 12-Sep-2005 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pages: 496 pages Collection: Cambridge Companions to the Ancient World ISBN-10: 0521521599 ISBN-13: 9780521521598 Contents Contents of the Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek Law: Part 1: Law in Greece The…
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Civil Procedure
The Legal History of Civil Procedure This section provides an overview of Civil Procedure Civil Procedure and the Federal Courts: Main Elements The coverage of Civil Procedure and the Federal Courts includes the following main elements: Federal or State Law For detailed information on this […]
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Civil Procedure
The Legal History of Civil Procedure This section provides an overview of Civil Procedure Civil Procedure and the Federal Courts: Main Elements The coverage of Civil Procedure and the Federal Courts includes the following main elements: Federal or State Law For detailed information on this […]
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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 […]