What the law requires (or allows) is not always fair or just or honorable. Politics is often polarizing. Stories in this collection help us to examine the highs and lows of "the law" over the centuries.
Fires burn for three days after the earthquake, leaving thousands dead and the city in ruins.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was the first major civil rights law since Reconstruction
Neither the Russians nor the US will budge on their positions about Cuba and the missiles.
Former Tsar Nicholas, his wife, his son, his four daughters and four of their assistants are shot in the cellar of their exiled home.
In writing his opinion, in the case of Marbury v Madison, Chief Justice John Marshall creates the concept of "judicial review," empowering the U.S. Su...
On the second floor of this rented house, Thomas Jefferson helps create the Declaration of Independence.
Standard 8-3.1 The tensions between the Upcountry and Lowcountry and the economic struggles the state faced.
The Diamond Sutra is the earliest dated book in the world today, and was found in a cave in China.
This chapter describes the dark part of Argentina's history known as the Dirty War
Even though Charlotte Doyle neglects her children, the family stays together until tragedy sends Desmond Doyle to the hospital.
The original Emancipation Proclamation resides at the National Archives; Lincoln's copy burns in the Great Fire of Chicago in 1871.
The Emperor unifies seven states into one empire and builds the Great Wall to keep out foreigners.
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