101. Law - Enpsychlopedia Cultures of law must be maintained. They can be eroded by declining respect for the law, achieved either (Eg, Roman law, Common law, and criminal law.) http://psychcentral.com/psypsych/Law

home resource directory disorders quizzes ... support forums Advertisement ( Law This article is about law in society . For other possible meanings, see law (disambiguation) Law (a loanword from Old Norse lag ), in politics and jurisprudence , is a set of rules or norms of conduct which mandate, proscribe or permit specified relationships among people and organizations , provide methods for ensuring the impartial treatment of such people, and provide punishments for those who do not follow the established rules of conduct. Contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Introduction 2 Further discussion 3 Areas of law, a sampling 4 Legal subject areas ... edit Introduction Law is the formal regime that orders human activities and relations through systematic application of the force of politically organized society. Laws may require or proscribe given actions, as well as empower citizens to engage in certain activities, such as enter into contracts and draft wills . Laws may also simply mandate what procedures are to be followed in a given context; for example, the U.S. Constitution mandates how Congress, along with the President, may create laws. A more specific example might be the Securities and Exchange Act, which, along with the SEC, a regulatory body, mandates how public companies must go about making periodic disclosures to investors. In most countries only professionals trained in the law can effectively understand and explain legal principles, draft relevant documents, and guide parties through legal disputes, whether with another private party (

102. Legislating Your Sex Life - Sexploration - MSNBC.com A search of sex laws on the books turns up some surprising restrictions. search of state criminal code databases, there are already laws, lots of laws, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6620768/

Skip navigation Health Health Library Hurricanes' Impact ... Most Popular NBC NEWS MSNBC TV Today Show Nightly News Meet the Press ... Sexploration Legislating your sex life A search of sex laws turns up some surprises Duane Hoffmann / MSNBC Brian Alexander MSNBC contributor Brian Alexander document.write('') E-mail document.write(''); News of the illness of Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist has raised the issue of how President George Bush might change the Supreme Court. What does this have to do with sex? Well, when it comes to sexual expression, a lot of people say, "There oughta be a law!" And politically powerful crusaders are already salivating over the possibilities. Concerned Women for America (CWA), for example, said last year that anal sex ought to be banned: "If we were really compassionate, we would be putting sodomy laws back on the books, not removing them." In fact, according to a search of state criminal code databases, there are already laws, lots of laws, regulating even private sexual expression. You might find some of them surprising. Occasionally, the surprises stem from the legislative zeal to be thorough. In Texas, for example, "public lewdness" is against the law. No surprise there. But you can commit public lewdness even in private if you are "reckless about whether another is present who will be offended or alarmed" by, among other things, an "act involving contact between the person's mouth or genitals and the anus or genitals of an animal or fowl." Apparently, as long as nobody's offended or alarmed, Rhode Island Red better watch out.Â

103. Indian Law - Paul L. Boley Law Library Paul L. Boley law Library Lewis Clark law School University of oklahoma law Center Native American Resources http//www.law.ou.edu/indian http://lawlib.lclark.edu/research/indianlaw.php

ZOOM large small Print View ... Research :: INDIAN LAW Getting Started Federal Indian Law Tribal Law Staying Current ... Web Sites Getting Started Finding Materials in the Law Library Search the Online Catalog by Subject Heading Indian Country Indian Courts Indigenous peoples Land tenure Browse the shelves at the following call numbers Indian Law: KF8202 - KF8228 Indian History / Government Affairs: E70 - E99 Reference Materials Native American Law - Research Aids - from the National Indian Law Library: A selection of free federal Indian and tribal law general resources on the Internet: http://www.narf.org/nill/resources/rlinks.htm Reference Books American Indian Law Deskbook , 3d ed. University Press of Colorado, 2004. Boley Law Library Call Number: KF8205.A76 2004 William C. Canby, American Indian Law in a Nutshell, 4th ed. West Group, 2004. Boley Law Library Call Number: Reserve, KF8205.Z9 C36 2004 Encyclopedia of American Indian Civil Rights , 1997. Boley Law Library Call Number: Ref KF8210 .C5 .E53 1997

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