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	Constitutional law \| LII / Legal Information Institute
		The broad topic of constitutional law deals with the interpretation and implementation of the United States Constitution.
		Article VI of The United States Constitution states that the "Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all treaties made or shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the Supreme Law of the Land." See The Supremacy Clause: U.S. Constitution, art.
		The Constitution was interpreted, in 1819, as giving the Supreme Court the power to invalidate any state actions that interfere with the Constitution and the laws and treaties passed pursuant to it.
	topics.law.cornell.edu /wex/Constitutional_law (1002 words)

	Common law - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The common law, as applied in civil cases (as distinct from criminal cases), was devised as a means of compensating someone for wrongful acts known as torts, including both intentional torts and torts caused by negligence, and as developing the body of law recognizing and regulating contracts.
		By their nature, equity and law were frequently in conflict and litigation would frequently continue for years as one court countermanded the other, even though it was established by the 17th century that equity should prevail.
		In England, courts of law and equity were combined by the Judicature Acts of 1873 and 1875, with equity being supreme in case of conflict.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Common_law (2423 words)

	What is Constitutional Law?
		Experts in constitutional law may participate in cases that seem to be in clear violation of the constitution.
		Thus constitutional law and its interpretation are constantly subject to scrutiny and it is possible, though difficult, to amend the constitution.
		Some landmark amendments to the constitution that have changed the way the US administers the law are the 13th amendment which abolished slavery, and the 26th amendment which made it illegal to stop anyone over 18 from voting.
	www.wisegeek.com /what-is-constitutional-law.htm (507 words)

	Stanford Constitutional Law Center \| Stanford Law School
		Here, law students work in close concert with the Center's staff during the academic year to support, sustain, and shape the Center's efforts by preparing research papers as well as working on actual cases in which the Center is involved.
		Brief of the Stanford Constitutional Law Center for Amici Constitutional Law Scholars and Former Government Officials to the Sixth Circuit, In Favor of Challengers in ACLU v.
		A nationally prominent scholar and teacher of constitutional law, she previously served as Stanford Law School's Dean and presently is its Stanley Morrison Professor of Law.
	www.law.stanford.edu /program/centers/conlaw (2158 words)

	"Fifth Amendment" Defined & Explained
		The Fifth Amendment 'can be asserted in any proceeding, civil or criminal, administrative or judicial, investigatory or adjudicatory; and it protects against any disclosures which the witness reasonably believes could be used in a criminal prosecution or could lead to other evidence that might be so used.' Kastigar v.
		U.S., 406 U.S. A reasonable belief that information concerning income or assets might be used to establish criminal failure to file a tax return can support a claim of Fifth Amendment privilege.
		Rendahl, 746 F.2d at 555, citing with approval U.S. v.
	www.lectlaw.com /def/f083.htm (233 words)

	Teaching the EU: PEDAGOGICAL GOALS AND APPROACHES IN TEACHING EUROPEAN UNION LAW
		The expansion in law school teaching has naturally been matched by a substantial increase in legal scholarship devoted to EU law in US journals, especially the international journals.
		Law school teaching methodology tends to concentrate on analysis of the Treaty texts, secondary legislation, and especially case law of the Court of Justice and Court of First Instance.
		Presumably today most EU law courses devote between a third and two-thirds of class time to the constitutional law and institutional structure, with special emphasis on the doctrines of supremacy, direct effect, and basic right protection.
	www.eurunion.org /infores/teaching/goebel.htm (1162 words)

	Law
		US Constitutional law does have an authoritative source, the text of the document, and an authoritative interpreter (all three branches of government, but, in the final analysis, the US Supreme Court).
		In terms of US constitutional law, the Congress, not the President, is given the authority to declare war.
		When an alleged criminal is found outside the jurisdiction of any country, international law has allowed an aggrieved nation to arrest the individual and bring him or her into the country for trial, or, in certain circumstances, to hold summary proceedings in international space.
	www.stanford.edu /group/wais/Law/law_law10301.html (2042 words)

	University of Miami School of Law: Office of Law Alumni & Development
		While corporate law may appear to lack the drama and glamour of the courtroom, David dismisses that as a television created fantasy and he's not interested in trading places with any of the trial lawyers he knows.
		Law school consumes your life to such an extent that you don't have time for a job or any other distractions.
		He graduated Magna Cum Laude and was awarded the Achievement Award for his performance in Property Law and US Constitutional Law and he earned the Cali Award in International Economic Law.
	www.law.miami.edu /alumni/spotlight/dnoble.html (964 words)

	The National Journal of Sexual Orientation Law
		US federal constitutional law now is beginning to reflect a more correct understanding of transsexualism.
		In the area of family law, a New Jersey state court held that a marriage between a man and a post-operative female transsexual was valid.
		Nevertheless, even federal-state comity interests recognize that the US Constitution, federal statutory laws, and treaties are the "supreme law of the land." U.S.Const.
	www.ibiblio.org /gaylaw/issue5/transbre.html (5712 words)

	GUIDE TO LAW ONLINE: United States Constitution
		Constitution of the United States of America as Amended: Unratified Amendments, Analytical Index (U.S. House of Representatives, via GPO Access) June 20, 2003; H.Doc.
		U.S. Founding Documents: The Federalist Papers (Emory University School of Law) The Federalist (also known as "The Federalist Papers") issued as a series of highly influential essays in support of the proposed United States Constitution, most of which appeared initially in New York newspapers under the pen name "Publius" during 1787 and 1788.
		GREECE: Athenian Constitution by Aristotle (in English) Sir Frederic G. Kenyon's translation of Aristotle on the political structure (or constitution) of the ancient city-state of Athens, which is usually considered a prime inspiration for the form of government chosen for the United States.
	www.loc.gov /law/guide/usconst.html (1135 words)

	Asia Times Online - News from greater China; Hong Kong and Taiwan
		According to the fiduciary relationship established under the law of occupation, USMG holds the sovereignty of the area in trust in its position as "principal occupying power." October 25, 1945, clearly marks the beginning of the period of belligerent occupation.
		The relevant clauses of this 1972 communique conveniently serve the purpose of a civil affairs agreement under the law of occupation to arrange the transfer of territory to the "lawful government" of the area.
		In the Insular Cases of the early 1900s, the US Supreme Court developed the idea that, without any action by the Congress, "fundamental rights" under the US Constitution are available in all areas under the jurisdiction of the US, but that other rights apply only when extended to such areas by law.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/China/FA31Ad05.html (1604 words)

	Watch on the West: The Use and Abuse of U.S. Constitutional Law as a Model for Others - FPRI
		International law has always been messy, the Law of Nations has always been unclear, and the national sovereignty we cherish is a fragile creation of the era of nation-states which began in the Reformation.
		Historically, international law’s basic principle was that might makes right, and the idea of the sovereignty of individual nations in the work of the great civilian treatise writers on international law— Grotius, Pufendorf, Burlemaqui, and Vattel— aimed to secure for nations the right to govern themselves.
		England’s champions of the rule of law— men such as Coke, Blackstone and Burke— were enormously influential to the framers of the U.S. Constitution.
	www.fpri.org /ww/0203.200107.presser.usconlawmodel.html (2796 words)

	Constitutional Law - International
		Constitution of the Principality of Andorra (In English)
		The Constitution of the Republic of Cape Verde
		Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand B.E. 2534 (1991) (In English)
	www.washlaw.edu /forint/alpha/c/constitutionallaw.html (153 words)

	Constitutional Law
		James O'Fallon (University of Oregon School of Law).
		Constitutional Documents (Ronald Rotunda, University of Illinois College of Law)
		Constitutional Law Timeline (Wilson Parker and Michael Curtis, Wake Forest University School of Law)
	www.jurist.law.pitt.edu /sg_con.htm (956 words)

	CONSTITUTIONAL LAW A3
		The first would make it a federal crime for an individual who (under the law of any state) is married, and who acts "without the consent" of his/her spouse, to engage in "sexual intercourse" with another individual who has previously resided in another state.
		The second federal law that Freeze proposes would address the "celebration of extra-marital sex in the broadcast media." Specifically, it would apply to any "explicit depiction" on television or radio of "sexual contact" between a married person and someone to whom that person is not married.
		And, nowadays, under campaign finance reform laws in some states, public funds are given to political candidates to "match" expenditures by rivals who haven't agreed to expenditure limitations and by independent advocates of those rivals.
	www.law.harvard.edu /academics/registrar/exams/1998-99/park01.htm (668 words)

	Constitutional Law of Canada
		Constitutional law is the law that establishes, allocates and limits public power.
		In modern times, most major constitutions are written, although this is not invariably so, and some major constitutions - that of the United Kingdom, for example - remain unwritten.
		It is partly written, although the writings are in several rather than one statute; partly unwritten, consisting of usages, practices, customs and conventions; and partly rules of the common law developed by the courts.
	www.constitutional-law.net /general.html (158 words)

	Constitutional Law
		The U.S. Constitution performs two main functions: first, it creates and empowers the principal organs of the federal government; and second, it imposes limits on the actions that may be taken by the federal government, the states, and the subdivisions of the latter.
		Yet the Constitution originally intended to limit the confiscatory and regulatory powers of temporary majorities, and the restraints it imposed were enforced for much of U.S. history.
		Thus, state constitutions and their impact on state and local government, as well as on the manner in which many federal mandates are executed, are of great significance not only in the distribution of government powers, but also in the work of lawyers in every part of the country.
	www.law.columbia.edu /llm_jsd/grad_studies/courses/CLINIC (1950 words)

	Stetson University College of Law (Site not responding. Last check: )
		He is co-author of State Constitutional Law In A Nutshell (2d ed.), Florida Constitutional Law (3d ed.), and three other books.
		He is also the author or co-author of 25 law review publications and 10 other publications.
		He is a life member of the U.S. Naval Institute and a member of the U.S. Armor Association.
	www.law.stetson.edu /FLoridaConstitutionColumns/default.asp (128 words)

	Center for Constitutional Law
		The Constitutional Law Center at The University of Akron School of Law was established by the U.S. Congress in 1987 to commemorate the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution.
		The inaugural holder of the Seiberling Chair was the late US Supreme Court justice Authur Goldberg.
		He taught a seminar in Comparative Constitutional Law and gave a distinguished lecture series while in residence at The University of Akron.
	www.uakron.edu /law/cclaw.php (227 words)

	OpinionJournal - Featured Article
		The purpose is to put the U.S. law in what supporters delicately call a "global context." What they really mean is that they can't persuade enough Americans of their views to change U.S. law so they want to persuade judges to do it for them.
		The U.S. is a signatory to the Vienna Convention, which everyone agrees serves American interests; if an American citizen is arrested abroad, the U.S. wants to know about it.
		The U.S. brief in Medellin is due Monday, and we hear there's a battle royal between the State Department, which doesn't want to upset Europeans who support the ICJ (and hate the death penalty), and the Solicitor General's office, which understands the legal principles at stake.
	www.opinionjournal.com /editorial/feature.html?id=110006348 (629 words)

	Power & Rights in U.S. Constitutional Law
		This text covers U.S. constitutional law by examining the balance of power between governmental power and the constitutional rights of individual citizens.
		U.S. Supreme Court Decisions on the structure and function of governmental institutions are cited and fully explained.
		An analysis is made of how the Supreme Court has interpreted the Constitution to create a balance between individual liberty and the equality of all citizens.
	www.oceanalaw.com /main_product_details.asp?ID=294 (148 words)

	Legal Information Institute at Cornell Law School
		The Legal Information Institute (LII) is a research and electronic publishing activity of the Cornell Law School.
		A binding judgment issued by the court that defines the legal relationship between the parties and their rights with respect to the matter before the court.
		In other words, it states the opinion of the court regarding the matter before it without requiring that either of the parties do anything.
	www.law.cornell.edu (181 words)

	law
		CUNY's official law library is located at the CUNY Law School in Queens, however, researchers at Brooklyn College will find a basic paper collection on campus for questions dealing with: NY State law, Federal Statutes, Federal regulations, and US Constitutional law.
		US Congressional Documents and Debates from 1774-1873 including full-text primary sources such as the Journals of Congress, Journals of the Continental Congress, Elliot's Debates, Farrand's Record, and selected volumes of the US Serial Set.
		It clearly defines the underlying principles of law and legal research and guides users to the questions they should be answering in their research.
	library.brooklyn.cuny.edu /access/law.html (1663 words)

	preLaw Insider - Choosing a Law School (Site not responding. Last check: )
		More and more law schools today offer programs that let you graduate with a notation on your transcript that you specialized in a specific area of law.
		Choosing to go to law school part time means you can work while you go to school and help keep your debt-load down.
		Students and administrators at Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing, Mich., which has the nation's largest part-time enrollment, share their thoughts and advice.
	www.prelawinsider.com /content/index.php?id=31 (438 words)

	Syllabus, Cardozo School of Law
		Introduction to US Law will begin during orientation week, and will continue during the regular spring semester, as indicated on the attached Schedule of Classes and Assignments.
		Toni M. Fine, Cases and Materials: Introduction to US Law (unpublished manuscript) (to be provided to students).
		The examination for this class will be scheduled before the regular Law School exam period, and hopefully shortly after the end of classes for Introduction to US Law.
	faculty.law.lsu.edu /ccorcos/lawctr/gpfl/finesyllabus.htm (427 words)

	Constitutional Law - MegaLaw.com
		U.S. Department of Justice - Civil Rights Division - Resources include cases, briefs, press releases, speeches and an electronic reading room.
		The Constitutional Principle of Separation of Church and State - Provides extensive and completely documented legal and historical research material.
		This site is for information only; it does not constitute legal advice, or advice of any kind.
	www.megalaw.com /top/constitutional.php (333 words)

	UMKC School of Law
		Professor Linder has published numerous articles in the fields of constitutional law, famous trials, environmental law, and communications law.
		Exploring Constitutional Law and Exploring First Amendment Law, two other major websites of Professor Linder, are e-casebooks designed for use primarily by law students.
		Professor Linder is former member of the Minnesota Bar and has practiced in the areas of environmental law and communications law.
	www.law.umkc.edu /faculty/linder.htm (322 words)

	Adrien K. Wing - The University of Iowa College of Law
		While in law school, she served as an editor of the Stanford Journal of International Law, as an intern with the United Nations Council on Namibia, and as Southern Africa Task Force Director of the National Black Law Students Association.
		She has taught US Constitutional Law, Critical Race Theory, Comparative Law, Comparative Constitutional Law, Race, Racism and American Law, Law in Radically Different Cultures, and the International and Domestic Legal Aspects of AIDS.
		She currently serves on the Board of the U.S. Association of Constitutional Law and is on the Board of Editors of the American Journal of Comparative Law as well.
	www.law.uiowa.edu /faculty/adrien-wing.php (726 words)

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