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Political History as Science
Political History as Science The New Political History as Science While the origins and presuppositions of the new political history were diverse and complex, they are easy to trace because the new genre was far more conscious of methodology than historians had ever been before. Newsletters, journals and training programs were established to study and…
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Encyclopedia
Encyclopedia in Law Libraries The follow definition of Encyclopedia is of use in law library research: A work containing factual articles on subjects in every field of knowledge, usually arranged alphabetically. A subject encyclopedia is a similar work, on a single field of activity or a […]
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Global Governance
Embracing mainstream international law, this section on so-called right to democratic governance explores the context, history and effect of the area of the law covered here. Resources Further Reading The entry "democratic governance, so-called right to" in the Parry and Grant […]
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Antiterrorism Efforts
General Concerns Criticism about anti-terrorism legislation and other measures in the United States, Canada and other countries focussed on three main areas: general concerns about the scope and effectiveness of these initiatives, violations of civil liberties, and invasions of […]
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Antiterrorism Efforts
General Concerns Criticism about anti-terrorism legislation and other measures in the United States, Canada and other countries focussed on three main areas: general concerns about the scope and effectiveness of these initiatives, violations of civil liberties, and invasions of […]
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Databases
Databases Definition A database is an organized collection of data, today typically in digital form. The data are typically organized to model relevant aspects of reality, factual, in a way that supports processes requiring this information. The term database is applied to the data and their […]
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Ligitimation
Legitimation History of Legitimation and Ligitimacy Legitimation and Ligitimacy, the status derived by individuals in consequence of being born in legal wedlock, and the means by which the same status is given to persons not so born. Under the Roman or civil law a child born before the marriage of the parents was made legitimate…
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Ligitimation
Legitimation History of Legitimation and Ligitimacy Legitimation and Ligitimacy, the status derived by individuals in consequence of being born in legal wedlock, and the means by which the same status is given to persons not so born. Under the Roman or civil law a child born before the marriage of the parents was made legitimate…
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Trustees Control
Trustees, Control From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Trustees, Control (1): A statute passed in 1813 providing that a certificate of incorporation by the bishop, vicar-general, pastor of the church, and two others selected by them and their successors shall be a body […]
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Trustees Control
Trustees, Control From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Trustees, Control (1): A statute passed in 1813 providing that a certificate of incorporation by the bishop, vicar-general, pastor of the church, and two others selected by them and their successors shall be a body […]
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Blinding
Blinding History Blinding, a form of punishment anciently common in many lands, being inflicted on thieves, adulterers, perjurers and other criminals. The inhabitants of Apollonia (Illyria) are said to have inflicted this penalty on their “watch” when found asleep at their posts. It was resorted to by the Roman emperors in their persecutions of the…
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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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Speed Limit
Exceeding the Speed Limit: International Incident In the book "International Incidents for Discussion in Conversation Classes", in relation to terminox, L. Oppenheim wrote in 1909: In 1904 Mr. Gurney, secretary of the British Legation at Washington, was brought before the police […]