USA Law

Tag: Legal history

  • Construction

    Construction in United States Construction Definition (Lat. construere, to put together). In practice. Determining the meaning and application as to the case in question of the provisions of a constitution, statute, will, or other instrument, or of an oral agreement. Drawing […]

  • Production

    Production in the United States United States Constitution According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled 407 PRODUCTIONUntil the transformation of the constitutional law of economic regulation, beginning in 1937, production described economic activities […]

  • Reconstruction Finance Corporation

    Reconstruction Finance Corporation in the United States Introduction to Reconstruction Finance Corporation, RFC, 1932 In the context of the legal history: Created in 1932 to make loans to banks, insurance companies, and railroads, it was intended to provide emergency funds to help businesses […]

  • Federal Reserve System

    Federal Reserve System in the United States Introduction The Federal Reserve System, the central bank of the United States, administers and formulates the Nation’s credit and monetary policy. The Federal Reserve System (FRS) was established by the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 221), […]

  • Federal Reserve System

    Federal Reserve System in the United States Introduction The Federal Reserve System, the central bank of the United States, administers and formulates the Nation’s credit and monetary policy. The Federal Reserve System (FRS) was established by the Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 221), […]

  • Civil Rights

    Civil Rights in the United States Civil Rights Definition The rights of a citizen; the rights of an individual as a citizen; the rights due from one citizen to another, the privation of which is a civil wrong, for which redress may be sought in a civil action. Also sometimes applied to the […]

  • Civil Rights

    Civil Rights in the United States Civil Rights Definition The rights of a citizen; the rights of an individual as a citizen; the rights due from one citizen to another, the privation of which is a civil wrong, for which redress may be sought in a civil action. Also sometimes applied to the […]

  • Powers

    Powers in the United States Copyright and Patent Powers in the Legislative Process The Congress's power, established in Article I, Section 8, Clause 8, to regulate the granting of copyrights and patents to the creators of artistic works and inventors of new technologies. The idea of copyrights […]

  • Powers

    Powers in the United States Copyright and Patent Powers in the Legislative Process The Congress's power, established in Article I, Section 8, Clause 8, to regulate the granting of copyrights and patents to the creators of artistic works and inventors of new technologies. The idea of copyrights […]

  • Vietnam

    Vietnam in the United States Dien Bien Phu in the U.S. Legal History Summary Vietminh siege of 13,000 French soldiers in 1954 at a remote military outpost. The French surrender led to the 1956 elections designed to reunify Vietnam. Finding the law: Vietnam in the U.S. Code A collection of […]

  • North American Free Trade Agreement

    North American Free Trade Agreement in the United States Introduction to the North American Free Trade Agreement The North American Free Trade Agreement was signed between the Government of the United States of America, the Government of Canada, and the Government of the United Mexican […]

  • Equity

    Equity in the United States Decisions based on a judge's sense of fairness rather than strict common law standards. The equity model permits judges to issue remedies in civil cases based on equitable principles that are outside or that supplement common law. Some of the flexibility of equity […]

  • Equity

    Equity in the United States Decisions based on a judge's sense of fairness rather than strict common law standards. The equity model permits judges to issue remedies in civil cases based on equitable principles that are outside or that supplement common law. Some of the flexibility of equity […]

  • Russia

    Russia in the United States Czar (in Politics) Related to political science, the following is a definition of Czar in the U.S. practice of politics: An unofficial title used to refer to high-ranking executive branch appointments. Czars are usually given responsibility for a specific policy […]

  • Russia

    Russia in the United States Czar (in Politics) Related to political science, the following is a definition of Czar in the U.S. practice of politics: An unofficial title used to refer to high-ranking executive branch appointments. Czars are usually given responsibility for a specific policy […]