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2 days ago · Dred Scott v. Sandford, 60 U.S. (19 How.) 393 (1857), was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court that held the U.S. Constitution did not extend American citizenship to people of black African descent, and therefore they could not enjoy the rights and privileges the Constitution conferred upon American citizens.
- Dred Scott v. John F. A. Sandford
- Judgment for defendant, C.C.D. Mo.
- Taney, joined by Wayne, Catron, Daniel, Nelson, Grier, Campbell
4 days ago · judiciary, branch of government whose task is the authoritative adjudication of controversies over the application of laws in specific situations. Conflicts brought before the judiciary are embodied in cases involving litigants, who may be individuals, groups, legal entities (e.g., corporations), or governments and their agencies.
3 days ago · Part of the Organized Crime Control Act of 1970, the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) makes it unlawful to acquire, operate, or receive income from an enterprise through a pattern of racketeering activity. Geared toward ongoing organized criminal activities, the underlying tenet of RICO is to prove and prohibit a ...
4 days ago · Constitutional law. The UK’s constitution is unwritten in the sense that it does not derive from a single constitutional text. An amalgamation of case law, statutes and international treaties form rule of law in the UK, together with conventions, prerogatives and practices which are unwritten. In addition the Sovereign has special powers, or ...
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4 days ago · One limitation on any charge of bribery is that some element of “corrupt purpose” must be implied or proved, which means that in the absence of a complete statutory prohibition on the granting of favours to a public official, a gift is not a bribe unless there has been some intent to influence the official behaviour of the recipient. Thus ...
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3 days ago · Punitive damages are legal recompense that is levied as punishment for a wrong or offense committed by the payor. Punitive damages are awarded by a court of law in a lawsuit. They are often ...
4 days ago · Two common examples are attempt and conspiracy, but inchoate crimes also include being an accomplice or an accessory to a crime, incitement, criminal facilitation and solicitation. Criminal Law video topic; survey of the legal tests designed to measure which actions are necessary to establish that defendant has attempted a crime.
