Alien Registration Act. 1940. Outlaws advocating violent overthrow of US government. Extended to include all advocates of Communism. McCarthy.

Anti-Corn Law League. 1839-46. Cobden and Bright’s pacifist movement for Free Trade, public education, against social reform and Chartists. Corn Laws.

Antinomianism. 16C Belief that some Christians by special faith need not obey Old Testament moral laws.

Blue Laws. US laws that control Sunday activities. 1781 originals on blue paper.

Bode, Johann. 1747-1826. German astronomer: Laws of planetary distances, 1766.

Brehon Laws. (Feinechus) 8-17C. Irish legal system.

Cavalier Parliament. 1661-79. Royalist. Repressive laws against Puritans and Catholics.

Combination Acts. 1799, 1800. Britain outlaws trade unions. Repealed 1824.

Constitution, US. 1787. Effective 1789. Defines government, liberties, basic laws. Amendments I-X 1791 Bill of Rights. XIII 1865 Abolishes slavery. XVIII 1919 Prohibition. XIX 1920 Women suffrage. XXI 1933 Repeals Prohibition. XXVI 1971 Voting age 18.

Corn Laws. 1804-15. British agricultural price support. Repeal, 1846, marks transformation from agricultural to industrial priorities and free trade.

Danelaw. 878-955. NE England under Viking occupation and the laws in effect.

De Vries. Mutation laws, 1901.

Deuteronomy. 5th Book of Bible. Includes 10 Commandments and other laws. Law code found c622BC in Temple of Jerusalem.

Draft Riots. 1863. New York City workers vs Union army draft laws.

Enlightenment. 17-18C. Intellectual movement. Rationalism, natural laws vs dogma, authority. J-J Rousseau. Smith. Mendlessohn. Fontenelle. Voltaire. Montesquieu. Hume. Berkeley. Sturm und Drang.

Executive Branch. Department of US government which carries out laws, under supervision of President.

Fair Labor Standards Act. 1938. US fixes minimum wage(25¢/hr), child labor laws, 44hr week.

Gay-Lussac, Louis. 1778-1850. French chemist. Laws of combining gases, 1804. Meteorology.

Gentili, Alberico. 1552-1608. Italian jurist. International laws on the conduct of war.

Grattan, Henry. 1746-1820. Irish independence leader. Irish Parliament 1782. Poyning’s Law repeal movement.

Grotius, Hugo. 1583-1645. Dutch jurist. Laws of War and Peace 1625.

Idealism, Philosophical. Reality is a consciousness of abstract laws vs sensory-based Materialism.

Immigration Laws. 1852. US bars Chinese. 1900 Japanese. 1921- set quotas by country of origin.

Indulgence, Declaration. 1662,72. Charles II grants toleration of Nonconformists. Voided by Parliament. 1687. James II suspends penal laws against Catholics causing Glorious Revolution.

Las Casas, Bartolomé de. 1474-1566. Spanish missionary to South America. New Laws 1542. Historia de las Indias.

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