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The Civil Code of California is a collection of statutes for the State of California. The code is made up of statutes which govern the general obligations and rights of persons within the jurisdiction of California. [ 1] It was based on a civil code originally prepared by David Dudley Field II in 1865 for the state of New York (but which was ...
The California Civil Rights Department ( CRD) (formerly known as the Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH)) is an agency of California state government charged with the protection of residents from employment, housing and public accommodation discrimination, and hate violence. It is the largest state civil rights agency in the United ...
In United States law, public accommodations are generally defined as facilities, whether publicly or privately owned, that are used by the public at large. Examples include retail stores, rental establishments, and service establishments as well as educational institutions, recreational facilities, and service centers. [citation needed] Under U ...
1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1947th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 947th year of the 2nd millennium, the 47th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1940s decade.
I, XIV. Everson v. Board of Education, 330 U.S. 1 (1947), was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court that applied the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to state law. [ 1] Before this decision, the clause, which states, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion", [ 2] imposed limits only on the ...
The Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch ( German: [ˈbʏʁɡɐlɪçəs ɡəˈzɛtsbuːx] ⓘ, lit. 'Civil Law Book' ), abbreviated BGB, is the civil code of Germany, codifying most generally-applicably private law. [ 1] In development since 1881, it became effective on 1 January 1900, and was considered a massive and groundbreaking project.
Civil law is sometimes referred to as neo-Roman law, Romano-Germanic law or Continental law. The expression "civil law" is a translation of Latin jus civile, or "citizens' law", which was the late imperial term for its legal system, as opposed to the laws governing conquered peoples (jus gentium); hence, the Justinian Code's title Corpus Juris Civilis.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 ( Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 88–352, 78 Stat. 241, enacted July 2, 1964) is a landmark civil rights and labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, [ a ] and national origin. [ 4 ] It prohibits unequal application of voter registration requirements ...