USA Law

Tag: Legal history

  • Manumission

    Manumission in United States Manumission Definition The act of releasing from the power of another; the act of giving liberty to a slave. In the Roman Law. It was a generic expression, equally applicable to the enfranchisement from the manus, the mancipium, the dominica, potestas, and the […]

  • Deregulation

    Deregulation in the United States Deregulation in the International Business Landscape Definition of Deregulation in the context of U.S. international business and public trade policy: Efforts to end government regulation of economic activities and sectors, allowing firms to make more […]

  • Great Migration

    Great Migration in the United States Great Migration in relation to Crime and Race Great Migration is included in the Encyclopedia of Race and Crime (1), beginning with: At the end of the Civil War, about 90% of African Americans lived in the former slave-holding states of the south. But as […]

  • National Security Acts, 1947

    National Security Acts, 1947 in the United States Introduction to National Security Acts, 1947 In the context of the legal history: Created the cabinet post of Secretary of Defense, the CIA, and the National Security Council. 1949 – Created NATO. Resources In the context of the legal history: […]

  • Church And State

    Church And State in United States Church And State Definition Separation Of Church And State in this Legal EncyclopediaSeparation Of Church And State definition in the Law Dictionary Church And State in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias LinkDescription Church And State, Church And State in the […]

  • Antinomian

    Antinomian in the United States Antinomian in the U.S. Legal History Summary Literally meaning against the laws of human governance. Antinomians believed that once they had earned saving grace, God would offer them direct revelation by which to order the steps of their lives. As such, human […]

  • Labor law

    Labor Law in the United States Introduction Labor law is the legislation dealing with human beings in their capacity as workers or wage earners. The Industrial Revolution, by introducing the machine and factory production, greatly expanded the class of workers dependent on wages as their […]

  • Gadsen Purchase

    Gadsen Purchase in the United States Introduction to Gadsen Purchase 1853 In the context of the legal history: After the Treaty of Guadelupe Hidalgo was signed, the U.S. realized that it had accidentally left portions of the southwestern stagecoach routes to California as part of Mexico. James […]

  • Indentured Servitude

    Indentured Servitude in the United States Indentured Servitude in the U.S. Legal History Summary In an effort to entice English subjects to the colonies, parties would offer legal bonded contracts that would exchange the cost of passage across the Atlantic for up to seven years of labor in […]

  • Court of Equity

    Court of Equity in the United States Court of Equity Background

  • Rooms

    Rooms in the United States Tenement Reform Law of 1879 in the U.S. Legal History Summary Tenement Reform Law of 1879 required all rooms to have access to light and air.

  • The Americans With Disabilities Act

    The Americans With Disabilities Act in the United States Introduction to The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): 1990 In the context of the legal history: On July 26, 1990, President George H.W. Bush signed into law the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) — the world’s first […]

  • Wilmot Proviso

    Wilmot Proviso in the United States Wilmot Proviso (1846) United States Constitution According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled 390 WILMOT PROVISO (1846) The proviso was introduced by Congressman David Wilmot (Democrat, Pennsylvania) as an amendment to […]

  • Canon Law

    Canon Law in United States Canon Law Definition A body of ecclesiastical law, which originated in the church of Rome, relating to matters of which that church has or claims jurisdiction. A canon is a rule of doctrine or of discipline, and is the term generally applied to designate the […]

  • Phlippines

    Phlippines in the United States Introduction to TAFT-KATSURA AGREEMENT: (1905) In the context of the legal history: Japan promises that she has no interest in the Philippines and the United States agreed to approve of Japanese domination of Korea. Resources In the context of the legal history: […]