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  • Terrorist Groups

    Terrorist Groups in 2016 Although terrorist attacks and fatalities from terrorism declined globally for the second year in a row in 2016, terrorist groups continued to exploit ungoverned territory and ongoing conflict to expand their reach, and to direct and inspire attacks around the world. […]

  • Lgbt Persons

    United States Initiatives to Protect the Human Rights of LGBT Persons in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): As Secretary Clinton announced in her speech above, on December 6, 2011, President Obama […]

  • Jews

    Jews, Seventh-Day Observers From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Jews, Seventh-Day Observers (1): In several of the States it has been held that Jews and Seventh-Day observers of the Sabbath must obey the Sunday law.743However, in many States there is a statute expressly […]

  • Child Support

    Child Support Definition Child Support, financial contribution paid by a noncustodial or absentee parent to a custodial parent toward the expenses of raising his or her children. (1) History "Society has long had an interest in establishing a childÂ’s paternity, an interest […]

  • Methodology of Jurisprudence

    Methodology of Jurisprudence Descriptive Jurisprudence Books and Papers Veronica Rodriguez Blanco (2006). The Methodological Problem in Legal Theory: Normative and Descriptive Jurisprudence Revisited. Ratio Juris 19 (1):26-54. Kenneth M. Ehrenberg (2016). The Functions of Law. Oxford University Press. What is the nature of law and what is the best way to discover it? This book…

  • Methodology of Jurisprudence

    Methodology of Jurisprudence Descriptive Jurisprudence Books and Papers Veronica Rodriguez Blanco (2006). The Methodological Problem in Legal Theory: Normative and Descriptive Jurisprudence Revisited. Ratio Juris 19 (1):26-54. Kenneth M. Ehrenberg (2016). The Functions of Law. Oxford University Press. What is the nature of law and what is the best way to discover it? This book…

  • A Dictionary of Law Enforcement

    A Dictionary of Law Enforcement A Dictionary of Law Enforcement is “the only dictionary available -according to Oxford University Press, its publisher- that focuses on United Kingdom (British) law enforcement terms. This legal resource contains over 3,400 legal terms, covering many United Kingdom and European Union institutions.” Most of the entries in “A Dictionary of…

  • A Dictionary of Law Enforcement

    A Dictionary of Law Enforcement A Dictionary of Law Enforcement is “the only dictionary available -according to Oxford University Press, its publisher- that focuses on United Kingdom (British) law enforcement terms. This legal resource contains over 3,400 legal terms, covering many United Kingdom and European Union institutions.” Most of the entries in “A Dictionary of…

  • Privacy in Argentina

    Privacy in Argentina Argentina country report of the Epic (Electronic Privacy Infomation Center) survey “Privacy and Human Rights” (2005, 2006 and 2007): Constitutional Privacy Framework Articles 18 and 19 of the Argentine Constitution provide (in part), “The home is inviolable as is personal correspondence and private papers; the law will determine what cases and what…

  • Legal Literature

    The Legal History of Legal Literature in English Common LawThis section provides an overview of Legal Literature in English Common Law ResourcesSee AlsoLegal Biography Legal Traditions Historical Laws History of Law Further Reading Legal Literature in English Common Law in the Oxford […]

  • Encyclopedia of Islamic Law: a Compendium of the Views of the Major Schools

    Encyclopedia of Islamic Law : a Compendium of the Views of the Major Schools Bibliographic Details Title: Encyclopedia of Islamic Law : a Compendium of the Views of the Major Schools Author: adapted by Laleh Bakhtiar; introduction by Kevin Reinhart. Publisher: ABC International Group; Chicago, Illinois: Distributed by Kazi Publications Copyright: 1996. Pages: 624 ISBN:…

  • List of Authors to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution

    List of Authors to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution Main Entries: List of Entries and Authors of the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution Encyclopedia of the American Constitution Listing of entries to the Encyclopedia by Author: Benjamin Aaron Professor of Law, Emeritus University of California, Los Angeles LABOR AND THE ANTITRUST LAWS Henry J.…

  • List of Entries and Authors of the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution

    List of Articles and Contributors of the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution Main Entry: the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution. List of Authors by Entry (A-Z): ADEQUATE STATE GROUNDS Kenneth L. Karst ADKINS V. CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL Leonard W. Levy ADLER V. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF CITY OF NEW YORK Martin Shapiro ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES Joseph Vining…

  • 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…

  • History of Women’s Rights

    History of Women’s Rights until the 20th Century Traditional Status Some scholars argue that the discovery throughout the European continent and the Near East of thousands of stone figures of female goddesses dating from the Paleolithic period and on indicates that early societies were originally goddess-worshiping, matrifocal civilizations. Male dominance, however, was preeminent from the…