USA Law

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  • List of Decisions Declaring Legislation Unconstitutional

    List of Decisions Declaring Legislation Unconstitutional in the United States Court Decisions by the Supreme Court The following list shows almost all the Supreme Court decisions which held legislation unconstitutional in whole or in part: Marbury v. Madison Reichart v. Felps […]

  • List of Constitutional Law Topics

    List of Constitutional Law Topics in the United States Acts of Congress Prohibiting Commerce Appointment of Officers Art. 1. Sec. 1 Art. 1. Sec. 2 Art. 1. Sec. 5 Art. 1. Sec. 7 Art. 1. Sec. 8 Art. 1. Sec. 9 Art. 1. Sec. 10 Art. 2 Sec. 1 Art. […]

  • Legislative Service Agency

    Legislative Service Agency in the United States Legislative Service Agency Definition in the Legislative Process The following is a definition of Legislative Service Agency , by the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL): Nonpartisan legislative branch agency providing services such […]

  • Liquidating Appropriation

    Liquidating Appropriation in the United States Liquidating Appropriation in the Federal Budget Process Meaning of Liquidating Appropriation in the congressional and executive budget processes (GAO source): An appropriation to pay obligations incurred pursuant to substantive legislation, […]

  • Paternal Leave

    Paternal Leave in the United States Leave And License Definition A defense to an action in trespass setting up the consent of the plaintiff to the trespass complained of. Presidential Memoranda Presidential Memoranda regarding with the Modernizing Federal Leave Policies for Childbirth, […]

  • Legislative Intent

    Legislative Intent in the United States United States Constitution According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled LEGISLATIVE INTENTLegislative intent is a construct that courts use to discern the meaning of legislative action, usually in the form of […]

  • Louise Brown

    Louise Brown in the United States Louise Brown, Sexual Behaviour and the Law Further Reading Louise Brown in the Encyclopedia of Sexual Behavior and the Law

  • Legislative Day

    Legislative Day in the United States Legislative Day and the State Laws Select from the list of U.S. States below for state-specific information on Legislative Day: Legislative Day in the Subject Index of the Alabama Portal Legislative Day in the Subject Index of the Alaska Portal Legislative […]

  • Legislative Jurisdiction

    Legislative Jurisdiction in the United States Legislative Jurisdiction in the Context of International Disputes Legislative Jurisdiction in International Civil Litigation Analysis of the Legislative Jurisdiction . Constitutional Limitations on Legislative Jurisdiction in U.S. Courts in […]

  • List of Events in the History of U.S. Law

    List of events in the history of the law of the United States A Chronology and a Timeline of US Legal History 1492-Columbus finds land in the New World (the present Bahamas). 1497-John Cabot sights the North American continent. 1507-The name America is the name erroneously given this […]

  • Law books

    Law books in the United States Law books or law book is a general term for any book or set of books in which legal opinions (case law) or government statutes and regulations are published, for example, a court reporter. A law book is not the same as a casebook. The later is a a…

  • Lawsuits

    Lawsuits in the United States Pending Lawsuits To find out if a person or business is involved in a pending lawsuit, you can search: A docket sheet database that gets data from the relevant court system (see Docket Sheets in this legal Encyclopedia); A lawsuit database on a system […]

  • Long Arm Statutes

    Long Arm Statutes in United States Practical Information Note: Some of this information was last updated in 1982Statutes that allow local courts to gain the power to hear and determine a case over nonresident defendants when the cause of action (in U.S. law) arose locally and affects local […]

  • Long Arm Statutes

    Long Arm Statutes in United States Practical Information Note: Some of this information was last updated in 1982Statutes that allow local courts to gain the power to hear and determine a case over nonresident defendants when the cause of action (in U.S. law) arose locally and affects local […]

  • Losses

    Losses in the United States Introduction to Losses (State statute topic) The purpose of Losses is to provide a broad appreciation of the Losses legal topic. Select from the list of U.S. legal topics for information (other than Losses). Resources Further Reading Information about Losses in the […]