His first speaking role was in Sundance darling "Fresh" (1994), then co-starred opposite Parker Posey in the indie comedy "Party Girl" (1995) and had a leading role as a drag queen in the historical gay rights drama "Stonewall" (1995). He then co-starred with Dave Chappelle in the ...
Georgia Supreme CourtLandmark CasesFurman v. GeorgiaGregg v. GeorgiaMcCleskey v. KempCoker v. GeorgiaHeart of Atlanta Motel v United StatesUnited States v DarbyScrews v United StatesProfessor Dan T. Coenen shares his selection of 15 important U.S. Supreme Court cases that originated in the ...
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Her nomination was slowed by the Republican majority in the United States Senate, but she was eventually confirmed in 1998. On the Second Circuit, Sotomayor heard appeals in more than 3,000 cases and wrote about 380 opinions. Sotomayor has taught at ...
Jun 11, 2024 The Official Trailer for In Dispute: 10 Famous Trials That Changed History Join us as we take a journey through time to discover the most interesting and impactful court cases in world history. Go beyond the basic historical accounts recapped in law school textbooks... ...
But Chen Yanping’s modern act of fraud has long historical precedence in China’s imperial examinations. For centuries, the most important day in the life of China’s scholars was the imperial exam, orkeju(科举). First established around the Sui dynasty (581 – 618), thekejutook place onc...
The basic intention of the High Court was to punish the guilty. You cannot punish somebody else where the Back log of cases: India has to suffer the scourge of the world's largest backlog of cases. Over three crore cases. Historical Facts ...
In 1993, she joined the Supreme Court, and had significant input into several important cases, including the Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber (2007) and the Safford Unified School District v. Redding (2009). Despite undergoing treatment for cancer and the loss of her husband in 1993, ...
Supreme Court. O'Connor gave the deciding vote in many important cases during her 24 years on the top court.Rosa Parks(1913-2005)On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Rasa Parks would not give up her seat on a bus to a passenger. Her simple act landed Parks in prison. But ...
Ten Legal Cases in Cicero's De oratore 1.175-184: Examples of Famous Historical Trials or School Thesies and Controversiae? can be regarded as sui generis example of quaestio legalis analysed by Cicero in De inventione (2.116-122), while famous causa Curiana (1.180) was ... B Awianowicz...
twenty-two for The Return of Martin Guerre. She is a hero to many historians and academics, as "one of the greatest living historians", constantly asking new questions and taking on new challenges, the second female president of the American Historical Association (the first, Nellie Neilson, ...