USA Law

Tag: Political rights

  • Other provisions

    Other provisions of the United Nations Charter in the United States See: ■ Charter of the United Nations ■ UN: Purposes, principles and membership ■ United Nations organs ■ UN Pacific settlement of disputes ■ UN: International cooperation and the ESC ■ UN International Trusteeship […]

  • Malcolm X

    Malcolm X in the United States Malcolm X (1925-1965) was a black American leader, born in Omaha, Nebraska, as Malcolm Little. Malcolm’s father, a Baptist minister, was an outspoken follower of Marcus Garvey, the black nationalist leader of the 1920s. The family moved to Lansing, Michigan, […]

  • Malcolm X

    Malcolm X in the United States Malcolm X (1925-1965) was a black American leader, born in Omaha, Nebraska, as Malcolm Little. Malcolm’s father, a Baptist minister, was an outspoken follower of Marcus Garvey, the black nationalist leader of the 1920s. The family moved to Lansing, Michigan, […]

  • 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 […]

  • Thomas Paine

    Thomas Paine in United States Paine, Thomas (1737-1809), Anglo-American political philosopher, whose writings had great influence during two upheavals in the 18th century: the American Revolution (1775-1783) and the French Revolution (1789-1799). Life in England Paine was born in Thetford, […]

  • Constitution Law Resources

    U.S. Constitution Law Resources in the United States Main Categories From the Costitutional law platform of the American Legal Ecyclopedia: Antidepression Legislation : Antidepression Legislation (Constitutional Law resource) At Home : At Home (Constitutional Law resource) […]

  • U.S. Constitution topics excluding cases

    List of United States Constitution topics excluding cases af?rmative action Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. See speci?c amendments American Indians and the U.S. Constitution Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) Bickel, Alexander Brandeis brief capital punishment […]

  • Marshall, Thurgood

    Marshall, Thurgood in the United States Former Supreme Court justice Thurgood Marshall,in re?ecting during the bicentennial in 1987 on theConstitution and its opening three words remarked: I do not believe that the meaning of the Constitution was forever “?xed” at the Philadelphia […]

  • United Nations Secretariat

    United Nations Secretariat in the United States See: ■ Charter of the United Nations ■ UN: Purposes, principles and membership ■ United Nations organs ■ UN Pacific settlement of disputes ■ UN: International cooperation and the ESC ■ UN International Trusteeship system ■ UN […]

  • UN Pacific settlement of disputes

    UN Pacific settlement of disputes in the United States See: Charter of the United Nations UN: Purposes, principles and membership United Nations organs UN Pacific settlement of disputes UN: International cooperation and the ESC UN International Court of Justice United […]

  • UN: Purposes, principles and membership

    UN: Purposes, principles and membership in the United States See: Charter of the United Nations UN: Purposes, principles and membership United Nations organs UN Pacific settlement of disputes UN: International cooperation and the ESC UN International Court of Justice […]

  • Charter of the United Nations

    Charter of the United Nations in the United States Introduction and Preamble Introductory note The Charter of the United Nations was signed on 26 June 1945, in San Francisco, at the  conclusion of the United Nations Conference on International Organization, and came into  force on 24 […]

  • Sir Edward Coke

    Sir Edward Coke, lawyer and judge in the United States Sir Edward Coke (1552-1634) was a lawyer, Member of the English Parliament, and respected judge. He is considered one of the leading defendants of the common law in front of the equity law. Sir Edward Coke wrote a voluminous set of […]

  • Refugees and stateless persons conventions

    Refugees and stateless persons conventions in the United States Protocol Relating to Refugee Seamen 12.6.1973 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees 31.1.1967 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness 30.8.1961 Agreement Relating to Refugee Seamen 23.11.1957 Convention Relating […]

  • Rights and Freedom

    Main source: Wenar, Leif, Rights, The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2011 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = . Rights and Freedom in the United States From: Introduction to Rights Most rights entitle their holders to freedom in some sense; indeed holding a right can entail […]