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  • Harmonized System

    Known formally as the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System.. a product statistical classification system based upon the Customs Cooperation Council Nomenclature (CCCN) and designed to replace various statistical classification schemes now employed by various trading nations.<br […]

  • Cardinal

    Cardinal History Cardinal (Lat. cardinalis), in the Roman Church, the title of the highest dignitaries next to the pope. The cardinals constitute the council or senate of the sovereign pontiff, his auxiliaries in the general government of the Church; it is they who act as administrators of the Church during a vacancy of the Holy…

  • Student’s Guide to Elections

    Student’s Guide to Elections Editor: Bruce J. Schulman Since the 1980s, Dr. Bruce J. Schulman has been teaching and writing about the political face of the United States. He is Professor of History at Boston University. He has taken an active role in education. Other contributions from Bruce J. Schulman to the collection: Student’s Guide…

  • Dictionary English Spanish

    Free Dictionary english spanish for Law Main Entry: The legal Dictionary Dictionaries in General Roy M. Mersky & Donald J. Dunn, Fundamentals of Legal Research 430 (8th ed. 2002): “Law dictionaries provide definitions of words and phrases. A short definition is given for each word or phrase. These definitions of legal terms are derived from…

  • International Ocean Law

    Maritime Law International Ocean LawIntroduction to International Ocean LawSome aspects of ocean law affect relationships among nations. Issues of neutrality and belligerency that occur in wartime are dealt with in international law. The United Nations Convention on the Law of the …

  • Incarceration

    Forms of Criminal Punishment: IncarcerationIntroduction to IncarcerationThe most serious or repeat offenders are incarcerated. In the United States about one-fourth of all persons who are convicted of a crime are incarcerated. Canada incarcerates about one-third of all convicted of…

  • Encyclopedia of Censorship

    Encyclopedia of Censorship Encyclopedia of Censorship Encyclopedia of Censorship List of Entries ABC Trial, The Abelard, Peter Abrams v. United States Académie des dames, L’ Achilles Statue, The Acta Pauli actual malice Adult Film Association of America Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The advocacy Afghanistan Age d’or, L’ Age of Reason, The Agrippa, Henry Cornelius Alabama…

  • Oxford International Encyclopedia of Peace

    The Oxford International Encyclopedia of Peace Bibliographic Details Title: The Oxford International Encyclopedia of Peace Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA Copyright: 2010 Description: Four-volume set Author: Nigel Young (Editor) Publication Date: February 18, 2010 SBN-10: 019533468X ISBN-13: 978-0195334685 Pages: 2848 Language: English The Oxford International Encyclopedia of Peace Review Kenneth Boulding, one of the founders…

  • Encyclopedia of American Disability History

    Encyclopedia of American Disability History Bibliographic Details Title: Encyclopedia of American Disability History Author: Susan Burch, ed. Description: 3 volumes Publisher: New York: Facts On File Copyright: 2009 Pages: 1200 ISBN: 978-0-8160-7030-5. Encyclopedia of American Disability History Review The three-volume compendium Encyclopedia of American Disability History, edited by Susan Burch, contains over 750 entries and…

  • 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…

  • Court Reporters

    Court reporters Court reporters Duties Court reporters, sometimes referred to as stenographers, have generally the following duties: Attend legal proceedings and other public events where they create word-for-word transcriptions of the events. Create word-for-word transcripts of courtroom procedures. They may also record depositions They may also provide reports of public meetings and speeches They may…

  • Participants in the Administration of Justice

    Participants in the Administration of Justice A central feature of Canada’s legal system is that the public has the right to obtain legal advice and be represented by a legal profession that is independent of The legal profession in Thailand has three categories: judges, public prosecutors, and lawyers. Foreign influence[edit] In 1827, Thailand, which had…

  • History of Zionism

    History of Zionism History of Zionism before 1910 During the middle ages, though the racial character of the Jews was being transformed by their Ghetto seclusion, the national yearning suffered no relaxation. If it expressed itself exclusively in literature, it was not on that account undergoing a process of idealization. (Cf. Abrahams’s Jewish Life in…