His political opponent and lifetime friend, Thomas Jefferson, achieved immortality through his authorship of the Declaration of Independence, but equally notable were the legal and constitutional reforms he instituted in his native Virginia, his role as father of our territorial system, and his acquisition of the Louisiana Territory during his first term as President.

The problem in the policy officer's mind thus begins to take shape as a galaxy of utterly complicated factors -- political, military, economic, financial, legal, legislative, procedural, administrative -- to be sorted out and handled within a political system which moves by consent in relation to an external environment which cannot be under control.

In working out the practical legal conclusions President Waters was not thinking only of this pilot project, for it is planned to duplicate this program or system in other builder developments nationally.

In the first place the new doctrine brought a formal separation of international from municipal law, rejecting the earlier view that both were parts of a universal legal system.

( 2 ) Realtors realize, of course, that they are involved in an increasingly complex legal and political system that is opening up opportunities for leverage on their relation to clients as well as opportunities for evasion of their responsibility for racial discrimination in housing.

The specific rules of the legal system will dictate exactly how the appeal is officially begun.

The United States legal system generally recognizes two types of appeals: a trial " de novo " or an appeal on the record.

The legal system was based on Portuguese and customary law but was weak and fragmented.

If the demands of these two sovereigns upon his duty of allegiance come into conflict, those of the United States have the paramount authority in American law ; likewise, those of the foreign land have paramount authority in their legal system.

In some jurisdictions such as Singapore, judicial corporal punishment is part of the legal system.

Alfred was a learned and merciful man who encouraged education and improved his kingdom's legal system and military structure.

Athens had an elaborate legal system centered on full citizen rights ( see atimia ).

When the Roman Empire turned Christian during the following century, this imagery came to be used in a more metaphysical sense, and removed legal impediments to the development and public use of the Anno Domini dating system, which came into general use during the reign of Charlemagne.

As a homogeneous legal substance isolated in a system of jurisprudence, the administrative law of Ukraine is characterized as: 1 ) a branch of law ; 2 ) a science ; 3 ) a discipline.

The adversarial system ( or adversary system ) is a legal system where two advocates represent their parties ' positions before an impartial person or group of people, usually a jury or judge, who attempt to determine the truth of the case.

There may also be legal or contractual requirements for acceptance of the system.

In regulation acceptance testing, a system is tested to ensure it meets governmental, legal and safety standards.

The term " black-letter law " is also used commonly in the American legal system to mean well-established case law.

Category: Abuse of the legal system

Chiefs and other leaders preside over customary, traditional courts, though all persons have the right to request that their case be considered under the formal British-based legal system.

Legal meaning of the terms bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation and dissolution are contested in the Indian legal system.

That said, there will still be competitors who " crack " the system when the legal barriers are light, especially where the old guard has become inefficient and is failing to meet the needs of the market.

A " common law system " is a legal system that gives great precedential weight to common law ,< ref > Washington Probate, " Estate Planning & Probate Glossary ", Washington ( State ) Probate, s. v.

In addition to his administrative and legal impact on history, the Emperor Diocletian is considered to be the founder of the city of Split in modern-day Croatia.

Croatia is divided into 20 counties and the capital city of Zagreb, the latter having the authority and legal status of a county and a city at the same time.

They include defining economic, legal and political relations in Croatia, preservation and use of its heritage and entering into alliances.

These include: defining economic, legal and political relations in the Republic of Croatia ; preservation of Croatia's natural and cultural heritage and its utilisation ; and forming alliances with other states.

* the Croatian-Hungarian Compromise of 1868 on the relations between the Kingdom of Dalmatia, Croatia and Slavonia and the Kingdom of Hungary, grounded on the legal traditions of both states and the Pragmatic Sanction of 1712 ;

The Office of the Public Prosecutions is an autonomous and independent judicial body empowered and due to proceed against those who commit criminal and other punishable offences, to undertake legal measures for protection of the property of the Republic of Croatia and to provide legal remedies for protection of the Constitution and law.

International agreements concluded and ratified in accordance with the Constitution and made public, and which are in force, shall be part of the internal legal order of the Republic of Croatia and shall be above law in terms of legal effects.

The " right ( s )" in the party's name refer to the legal and moral reasons that justify the independence and autonomy of Croatia.

Tuđman initiated the process of privatization and de-nationalization in Croatia, however, this was far from transparent or fully legal.

The fact that the new government's legal system was inefficient and slow, as well as the wider context of the Yugoslav wars caused numerous incidents known collectively in Croatia as the " Privatization robbery " ( Croatian: " privatizacijska pljačka ").

He also studied at the school of Vivarini in Venice, then left Venice, initially, it is generally believed, for Padua, where he is believed to have worked in the workshop of Francesco Squarcione and then for Zadar in Dalmatia ( now part of Croatia, but then a Venetian territory ) in 1459, following legal trouble after he was sentenced to prison for six months for having an affair with a married woman, Tarsia Cortese, the wife of a sailor.

Courts protect the legal order of the Republic of Croatia as established by the Constitution and law, and provide for the uniform application of law and equal justice for all.

# decides on extraordinary legal remedies against final decisions of all courts in the Republic of Croatia

LGBT adoption is not legal in Croatia, but single person is allow to adopt, regardless of sexual orientation.

Lesbian, gay bisexual, and transgender ( LGBT ) persons in Croatia may face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents.

Both male and female same-sex sexual activity are legal in Croatia, but households headed by same-gender couples are not eligible for the same legal protections available to opposite-gender couples.

Gender transition is legal in Croatia, together with birth certificate amendment, but change of sex is always stated.

LGBT adoption is not legal in Croatia, but single person is allow to adopt, regardless of sexual orientation.