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  • A Dictionary of Law

    A Dictionary of Law One of the historical legal dictionaries is the “Dictionary of Law consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases and Maxims.” As the original title states, it is a Dictionary and Compendium of American and English Jurisprudence. Compiled and written by attorney William C. Anderson and published in Chicago by…

  • A Dictionary of Law

    A Dictionary of Law One of the historical legal dictionaries is the “Dictionary of Law consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases and Maxims.” As the original title states, it is a Dictionary and Compendium of American and English Jurisprudence. Compiled and written by attorney William C. Anderson and published in Chicago by…

  • International Arbitration, Historical

    International Arbitration International arbitration is a proceeding in which two nations refer their differences to one or more selected persons, who, after affording to each party an opportunity of being heard, pronounce judgment on the matters at issue. It is understood, unless otherwise expressed, that the judgment shall be in accordance with the law by…

  • Labor Arbitration

    Labor ArbitrationIn the 1947 Taft-Hartley Act, Congress declared that arbitration was the "desirable method for settlement of grievance disputes arising over the application or interpretation of an existing collective bargaining agreement" (see National Labor Relations Act). Build…

  • Glossary of technical Terms : Phrases and Maxims of the Common Law

    Glossary of technical Terms : Phrases and Maxims of the Common Law Author: Frederic Jesup Stimpson Published: Boston; Little, Brown & Company, 1881. Date of Publication: Boston, February 21, 1881. Jurisdiction: England Introduction The legal terms compiled in this glossary include those relating to civil and canon law, and provide precise definitions based on the…

  • Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims

    A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims Note: it is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary. A list of terms are included in that entry. Details of the Dictionary Authors: Frederic Jesup Stimson (1855-1943) and Harvey Cortlandt Voorhees Subtitle: “With an Explanatory List of Abbreviations Used in Law Books.” Note: First edition published…

  • Legifrance

    Legifrance Legifrance is the official French online legislation database. It is an in depth resource for French, European and International laws, norms and regulations Legifrance was created in 1998 and completed in 2002, when also changed its name, becoming “the Public Service of Dissemination of the French Law on the Internet”(1). In january 2008 a…

  • Semantic Web and Law

    Semantic Web and Law Legal Ontologies have been studied in workshops and conferences on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Law, by the AI&LAW community, for years but its results have not generated enough connections with the Semantic Web community. The legal field, which had early adopters of ontologies and semantic web technology, offers a hugue demand…

  • 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…

  • Classification for Law Libraries

    Classification for Law Libraries Moys Classification Introduction to the First Edition Part 1: Principles of Library Classification for Law books In compiling a library classification for any special subject, whether it be law, engineering or literature, the general rules of classification, such as the exclusiveness of categories and the comprehensiveness of the sum total of…

  • Thesaurus of Law Genre/Form Terms

    Thesaurus of Law Genre/Form Terms Subject headings have traditionally been assigned to describe the content of the work. Genre/form terms, on the other hand, describe what an item is, not what it is about. The subject heading Famous Cases, with appropriate subdivisions, would be assigned to a book about famous cases. A cataloger assigning headings…

  • KIA-KIK North America LC Classification

    KIA-KIK North America — Continued KIE-KIK United States US Diagram Cf. KF8201+ Indians (Law of the United States) Cf. E78-99.Z9 Indians of North America KIE (5000 no) Regional comparative American Indian law Bibliography General bibliography 2.A-Z Guides to law collections. Tribal law gateways (Portals). Web directories, A-Z Including national and regional tribal directories 2.A46 American…

  • Library of Congress Classification Class K

    Library of Congress Classification Class K System Many large law libraries from the United States, Canada (specially the major libraries, but not the law firm libraries) and other countries use the classification scheme developed by the Library of Congress (LC). Under this system, each item (like a book) is assigned a call number according to…

  • SHELL v. R.W. STURGE, LTD.

    SHELL v. R.W. STURGE, LTD. United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit 55 F.3d 1227 (1195); 1995 FED App. 0176P (6th Cir.) Decided and Filed June 8, 1995 Circuit Judge KENNEDY: Plaintiffs, investors in the Society of Lloyd’s, brought this diversity action against defendants R. W. Sturge, Ltd., the Society of Lloyd’s, the…

  • Sei Fujii v. the State of California

    SEI FUJII v. THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA Supreme Court of California 38 Cal. 2d 718; 242 P.2d 617 Decided: April 17, 1952 Justice GIBSON Plaintiff, an alien Japanese who is ineligible to citizenship under our naturalization laws, appeals from a judgment declaring that certain land purchased by him in 1948 had escheated to the state.…