USA Law

Category: Criminal law

  • Drug Testing

    Drug Testing in the United States Federal drug-testing programs involve searches of persons and so are covered by the 4th Amendment. To date, the Court has held that they can be conducted without either warrants or even any indication of drug use by those who must take them. It did so in two […]

  • Defense of Property Or Persons

    Defense of Property Or Persons in the United States Defense of Property or Persons Explained References See Also Criminal Law Criminal Procedure Defenses

  • Defense of Property Or Persons

    Defense of Property Or Persons in the United States Defense of Property or Persons Explained References See Also Criminal Law Criminal Procedure Defenses

  • Capital Punishment

    Capital Punishment in the United States Capital Punishment Definition The punishment of death. See also Capital Punishment in the legal Dictionaries. Capital Punishment in the United States The United States stands apart from the general trends on capital punishment. It is the only […]

  • Capital Punishment

    Capital Punishment in the United States Capital Punishment Definition The punishment of death. See also Capital Punishment in the legal Dictionaries. Capital Punishment in the United States The United States stands apart from the general trends on capital punishment. It is the only […]

  • Justification, Necessity, and Duress

    Justification, Necessity, and Duress in the United States Justification, Necessity, and Duress Explained References See Also Criminal Law Criminal Procedure Defenses

  • Justification, Necessity, and Duress

    Justification, Necessity, and Duress in the United States Justification, Necessity, and Duress Explained References See Also Criminal Law Criminal Procedure Defenses

  • Public Corruption

    Public Corruption in the United States Public corruption Background Resources See Also Political Crime Political Corruption Environmental Crime Organized Crime Violent Crime Police Corruption State Crime Victimless Crime Transnational crime Further […]

  • Public Corruption

    Public Corruption in the United States Public corruption Background Resources See Also Political Crime Political Corruption Environmental Crime Organized Crime Violent Crime Police Corruption State Crime Victimless Crime Transnational crime Further […]

  • Polygraph

    Polygraph in the United States Uses, Techniques, and Reliability of Polygraph Testing This section examines the Uses, Techniques, and Reliability of Polygraph Testing subject in its related phase of trial. In some cases, other key elements related to trials, such as personal injury, business, […]

  • Polygraph

    Polygraph in the United States Uses, Techniques, and Reliability of Polygraph Testing This section examines the Uses, Techniques, and Reliability of Polygraph Testing subject in its related phase of trial. In some cases, other key elements related to trials, such as personal injury, business, […]

  • Violence

    Violence in United States Violence Definition The abuse of force. Theorie des Lois Criminelles, 32. That force which is employed against common right, against the laws, and against public liberty. Merlin, Kepert. The term is synonjrmous with physical force. 31 Conn. 212. See Force. Violence […]

  • Death Penalty

    Death Penalty in the United States In 2012, the death penalty was alive – if not well – in 33 states. In 2015, eight­een states have ab­ol­ished the capital pen­alty, but a num­ber of oth­ers have in place de facto morator­i­ums. Six states —Texas, Vir­gin­ia, Ok­lahoma, Flor­ida, […]

  • Expectation of Privacy

    Expectation of Privacy in the United States The Expectation of Privacy Leading Case Law Among the main judicial decisions on this topic: Kyllo v. United States Information about this important court opinion is available in this American legal Encyclopedia. References See Also Criminal Law […]

  • Expectation of Privacy

    Expectation of Privacy in the United States The Expectation of Privacy Leading Case Law Among the main judicial decisions on this topic: Kyllo v. United States Information about this important court opinion is available in this American legal Encyclopedia. References See Also Criminal Law […]