USA Law

Category: J

  • Juvenile Process

    Juvenile Process in the United States Steps followed to adjudicate charges of criminal conduct by minors. The juvenile process is located in juvenile courts, which are created by statute in each of the fifty states. Jurisdiction of juvenile courts is derived directly from a child’s status as a […]

  • Justiciable Issue

    Justiciable Issue in the United States A question that is appropriate for resolution by judicial action. A justiciable issue is one that may properly come before a court for decision. Justiciability differs from jurisdiction in that the latter focuses on whether a court possesses the power to […]

  • Judicial System

    Judicial System in the United States There are several components of a legal system. One is an organized framework. An appreciation of the system’s structure is a necessary condition for understanding what each of the pieces contributes as well as how the system as a whole functions. Second, […]

  • Jacob Leisler

    Jacob Leisler in the United States Jacob Leisler was (c. 1635-1691) an American political agitator, was born probably at Frankfort-on-Main, Germany, about 1635. He went to New Netherland (New York) in 1660, married a wealthy widow, engaged in trade, and soon accumulated a fortune. The English […]

  • James Watt

    James Watt in the United States Watt, James in Environmental Law Secretary of Interior appointed by President Ronald Reagan [see Ronald Reagan].Based on Environment and the Law. A Dictionary.

  • Joint Adventure

    Joint Adventure in the United States Joint Adventure Definition An enterprise undertaken by several persons jointly to carry out a single business enterprise for profit. See also the entry on Joint Venture in the American Legal Encyclopedia here. Joint Venture or Adventure An association of […]

  • Juvenile Curfew Laws

    Juvenile Curfew Laws in the United States United States Constitution According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled JUVENILE CURFEW LAWS Curfew laws generally run counter to American constitutional principles of freedom and liberty. Consequently, the […]

  • Juvenile Proceedings

    Juvenile Proceedings in the United States United States Constitution According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled JUVENILE PROCEEDINGSIn a juvenile proceeding, a state court is asked to decide whether and how to intervene in the life of a child who may […]

  • Jus Dare

    Jus Dare in United States Jus Dare Definition (Lat.) To give or to make the law. Jus dare belongs to the legislature; jus dicere, to the judge. Jus Dare in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias LinkDescription Jus Dare, Jus Dare in the World Legal Encyclopedia., Jus Dare, Jus Dare in the European […]

  • Jus Dicere

    Jus Dicere in United States Jus Dicere Definition (Lat.) To declare the law. It is the province of the court jus dicere, to declare what the law is. Jus Dicere in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias LinkDescription Jus Dicere, Jus Dicere in the World Legal Encyclopedia., Jus Dicere, Jus Dicere in […]

  • Jury Unanimity

    Jury Unanimity in the United States Jury Unanimity United States Constitution According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled 461 JURY UNANIMITY The issue of jury unanimity is tied to, among other things, jury size. The Supreme Court has allowed states to […]

  • Jury Size

    Jury Size in the United States United States Constitution According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled JURY SIZETraditionally, in the United States, a criminal trial jury-the petit jury-has been composed of twelve persons. Early Supreme Court opinions […]

  • Jurisdiction, Federal

    Jurisdiction, Federal in the United States Jurisdiction, Federal United States Constitution According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled JURISDICTION, FEDERAL In the 1990s, there have been two notable statutes, and one bill not yet enacted, regulating […]

  • Jury Discrimination

    Jury Discrimination in the United States United States Constitution According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled JURY DISCRIMINATIONJury discrimination was first recognized as a constitutional problem shortly after the civil war, when certain southern […]

  • Julian Eule

    Julian Eule in the United States Eule, Julian N. (1949_1997) United States Constitution According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled 359 EULE, JULIAN N. (1949_1997) Julian N. Eule was an exceptionally successful classroom teacher in the law schools at […]