Category: State Law
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Gun Control
Gun Control in the United States Every single year, more than 30,000 Americans have their lives cut short by guns. Whether it is from suicide, domestic violence, a gang shootout, or an accident, too many Americans have lost loved ones, including too many precious children. Many have had to […]
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State Legal History
State Legal History in the United States State Legal History Sites ALABAMA: http://www.archives.state.al.us/index.html Alabama Department of Archives and History http://www.alalinc.net/appellate_supreme.cfm Alabama Supreme Court ALASKA: […]
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State Legal History
State Legal History in the United States State Legal History Sites ALABAMA: http://www.archives.state.al.us/index.html Alabama Department of Archives and History http://www.alalinc.net/appellate_supreme.cfm Alabama Supreme Court ALASKA: […]
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Codification
Codification in the United States In the words of Samuel Williston, in his article The Uniform Partnership Act, with Some Remarks on Other Uniform Commercial Laws, published by the University of Pennsylvania Law Review and American Law Register (January 1, 1915): Codification has an ugly […]
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Codification
Codification in the United States In the words of Samuel Williston, in his article The Uniform Partnership Act, with Some Remarks on Other Uniform Commercial Laws, published by the University of Pennsylvania Law Review and American Law Register (January 1, 1915): Codification has an ugly […]
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State Blue Sky Laws
State Blue Sky Laws in the United States Background In Hall vs. Geiger-Jones Co., 242 U.S. 539 (1917), in relation to 3 cases dealing with the constitutionality of state securities regulations. Justice McKenna wrote that the name that is given to the law indicates the evil at which it is […]
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State History
State History in the United States State History Resources Bill LeFurgy (Library of Congress) offers the following list in a blog post that shares links to websites that provide access to state history: State Digital Portals State: AL ; Resource: Alabama Dept. of Archives and History […]
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State Session Laws
State Session Laws in the United States Session laws, Acts, State Statutory laws and Laws of the State (Ohio, New York), etc are ways of referring to bills that has been passed by the State General Assembly. Session laws and statutes are published by all 50 states. Ohio Session Laws Ohio […]
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Uniform State Laws
Uniform State Laws in the United States Uniform State Laws seeks adoption of identical or similar laws by all the states. It dates back to the late nineteenth century. The first Uniform Act was the Uniform Negotiable Instruments Law, promulgated in 1896, which was adopted in New Hampshire in […]
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Session Laws
Session Laws in the United States Session laws are the generic name used for the body of legislation enacted during a session of a legislative body (state or federal). Session laws are the chronological compilation of slip laws passed by the legislature during a legislative session. In the […]
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State Governor History
State Governor History in the United States History of New York Governor Office New York’s first constitution in 1777, and subsequent constitutions of 1821, 1846, and 1894, vested supreme executive power and authority in a governor. Colonial precedents for a governor as executive officer […]
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State Governor
The State Governor in the United States Functions of the State Governor As chief executive officer of (the) State, the governor is responsible for ensuring that the laws of the State are carried out. The governor exercises executive power over the administrative machinery of State […]
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Lusk Committee Report
Lusk Committee’s Report in the United States On April 24, 1920, the (Lusk) committee submitted its four-volume report to the State Senate. Entitled Revolutionary Radicalism: Its History, Purpose and Tactics, the first two volumes of the report detailed the development of radical and left […]
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Lusk Committee
Lusk Committee in the United States Introduction to the Lusk Committee From 1919 to 1920, the Joint Legislative Committee to Investigate Seditious Activities (commonly referred to as the Lusk Committee) sought to expose those organizations and individuals who allegedly posed a threat to […]
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Department of Taxation and Finance
Department of Taxation and Finance in the United States New York Department of Taxation and Finance The Department of Taxation and Finance administers provisions of the Tax Law (Art. 10, 10-C, and 26) that relate to taxation of estates of decedents who established life trusts to dispose […]