West's Encyclopedia of American Law, Band 1Thomson/Gale, 2005 - 476 Seiten West's Encyclopedia of American Law contains a comprehensive overview of American law in 13-volumes covering historical and current terms, concepts, events, movements, cases, and persons significant to U.S law. Including 5,000 entries that range from brief definitions of legal jargon to exhaustive examinations of court-room procedure, from explanations of complex topics such as civil rights to biographies of standout attorneys, from analyses of controversial issues such as gun control to transcripts of crucial Supreme Court decisions. Each entry was written, updated, and reviewed by lawyers and professors with the layperson or beginning student in mind.The layout of this edition includes: Entries contain definition and explanatory text The 94 sidebars provide brief highlights and add informative details of some facets of main entries while the 89 In Focus pieces complement main entries with details and arguments on interesting, important, or controversial issues Two appendix volumes contain over one hundred primary documents, including: milestone Supreme Court decisions & briefs; foundations of U.S. law; civil rights laws and commentary; presidential speeches; and scholarly essaysTopics in this edition include: Abandonment Absentee voting Defamation Defense of Marriage Act of 1996 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty Internet Fraud Movie rating Patent and Tradem Roman Law Martin Van Buren And much more |
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... charged for a loan of money . A lender that charges higher than the maximum amount of interest is guilty of the crime of usury . In addition , courts may modify contracts that contain usurious rates of interest by reduc- ing the ...
... charged for a loan of money . A lender that charges higher than the maximum amount of interest is guilty of the crime of usury . In addition , courts may modify contracts that contain usurious rates of interest by reduc- ing the ...
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... charged with the conservation of whale stocks . It limited the annual Antarctic kill and created closed areas and hunting seasons throughout the world . Despite these initiatives and others over the years , the whale population edged ...
... charged with the conservation of whale stocks . It limited the annual Antarctic kill and created closed areas and hunting seasons throughout the world . Despite these initiatives and others over the years , the whale population edged ...
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... charges . In May 1999 , Starr said that he would not seek to retry McDougal on those charges . In June 1999 , Webster ... charged that Bakaly had actually discussed so much that he was in viola- tion of Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure ...
... charges . In May 1999 , Starr said that he would not seek to retry McDougal on those charges . In June 1999 , Webster ... charged that Bakaly had actually discussed so much that he was in viola- tion of Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure ...
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