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The Slave Kidnapping Act of 1866 was an act passed in the United States that punished a person who carried away another person, without their consent,...

The papal conclave lasting from 14 December 1830 to 2 February 1831 resulted in the election of Cardinal Bartolomeo Cappellari, who took the name Gregory...

Richard Baynard (c. 1371 – 7 January 1434) was an English administrator, MP and Speaker of the House of Commons of England in 1421. He was the fourth son...

The Kerryonians were the second oldest criminal street gang in New York City but may have been the first gang in the city. The members were made up of...

The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) is a component of the United States Department of Justice. The COPS Office was established...

The Inter-American Convention to Prevent and Punish Torture (IACPPT) is an international human rights instrument, created in 1985 within the Western Hemisphere...

The East Derwent Highway (route number B32) is a highway in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. The highway is a trunk road that carries heavy commuter traffic...

Harold James Abbott Glanville (26 June 1884 – 21 February 1966) was a British Liberal Party politician. Born in London, Glanville was the son of Harold...

Herbert Robin Cayzer, 1st Baron Rotherwick DL (23 July 1881 – 16 March 1958), known as Sir Herbert Cayzer, 1st Baronet, from 1924 to 1939, was a British...

The Concordat of 1851 was a concordat between the Spanish government of Queen Isabella II and the Vatican. It was negotiated in response to the policies...

Shaggy Ridge is a 6.5 kilometres (4.0 mi) long razorback (stratigraphic) ridge in the Finisterre Range, in north eastern Papua New Guinea. Its highest...

Statute Law Review is a peer-reviewed academic journal of law. It is published by Oxford University Press. The editor is Daniel Greenberg. "About | Statute...

The Basel Dragons AFC is an Australian rules football club located in Basel, Switzerland. It plays in the AFL Switzerland, of which it is one of the founding...

In a 1964 book called The Naked Society, Vance Packard criticized advertisers' unfettered use of private information to create marketing schemes. He compared...