Tag: United States
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State Law
State Law in the United States The power of state law has historically included governing the following kinds of issues and claims: Contracts, including sales, commercial paper, letters of credit, and secured transactions Torts Property, including real property, bailments of personal […]
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State Law
State Law in the United States The power of state law has historically included governing the following kinds of issues and claims: Contracts, including sales, commercial paper, letters of credit, and secured transactions Torts Property, including real property, bailments of personal […]
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Supreme Court Resources
United States Supreme Court Resources The United States Supreme Court The Supreme Court must exercise discretion in deciding which cases to hear, since more than 10,000 civil and criminal cases are filed in the Supreme Court each year from various State and Federal courts. Ultimately, […]
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Supreme Court Resources
United States Supreme Court Resources The United States Supreme Court The Supreme Court must exercise discretion in deciding which cases to hear, since more than 10,000 civil and criminal cases are filed in the Supreme Court each year from various State and Federal courts. Ultimately, […]
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Corpus Juris Secundum
Corpus Juris Secundum Encyclopedia in the United States History The big old American legal encyclopedia was the Corpus Juris: Being a Complete and Systematic Statement of the Whole Body of the Law as Embodied in and Developed By All Reported Decisions (William Mack & William Benjamin, eds, […]
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U.S. Labor law and movement history 2
U.S. Labor law and movement history 2 in the United States See U.S. Labor law and movement history World War I During World War I Gompers and the AFL were strong supporters of the war effort. They minimized strikes as wages soared and full employment was reached. The AFL unions […]
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United States Constitution index
United States Constitution index
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United States Constitution Bibliography
Selected Bibliography Adler, David Gray, and Robert George, eds. The Con- stitution and the Conduct of American Foreign Pol- icy. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1996.Alley, Robert S. Without a Prayer: Religious Expres- sion in Public Schools. Amherst, Mass.: […]
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United States Constitution timeline
1142 Iroquois Confederacy formed 1215 King John forced by English nobles to signthe Magna Carta at Runnymede 1620 Mayflower Compact signed 1692 Salem Witch Trials 1735 Peter Zenger acquitted in a jury trial; foundnot guilty of engaging in seditious libel 1765 The […]
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United States Constitution topics
Main index See: United States Constitution index United States Constitution bibliography Abington Township v.Schempp abortion abstention doctrine accommodation Adams, John Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Peña Adderley et al. v.Florida Adkins v. Children’s Hospital […]
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United States main topics in the Encyclopedia
United States (U.S.) main topics in the Wiki Encyclopedia There are many topics in the wiki encyclopedia about the U.S. The following topics may be not are the main, but sure are among the main topics related to the United States law. We present them in alphabetical order: Amendments to […]
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UN International Commercial Arbitration speechs
UN International Commercial Arbitration speechs in the United States Opening Speech by Ambassador Schurmann for the United Nations Conference on International Commercial Arbitration 1. Before I ask the members of the Conference to turn their attention to the task that lies before us, […]
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Court System in the United States
The court system in the U.S. in the United States Court System in the United States 1. Federal courts. The federal court system has three levels, as well as three special courts. •The Supreme Court of the United States decides Constitutional issues, and handles cases between or among […]
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Criminal law: Felonies and misdemeanors
Felonies and misdemeanors in the United States •Felony. A felony is a serious crime, usually defined as punishable by one year or more in prison. Felonies include such violent crimes as murder, armed robbery, and rape, and also some non-violent crimes – embezzlement, burglary, drug dealing, […]