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14 Questions About Government in the United States Answered

Law, Legislation, Document

What Is an Injunction?

Bar graph of the United States Death Toll during major events. Infogram chart.

U.S. Death Toll During Major Events

The Battle of New Orleans, by E. Percy Moran, c. 1910. Andrew Jackson, War of 1812.

26 Decade-Defining Events in U.S. History

Groups of depositors in front of the closed American Union Bank, New York City. April 26, 1932. Great Depression run on bank crowd

Causes of the Great Depression

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Why Does Cilantro Taste Like Soap to Some People?

A mug shot taken by the regional Colombia control agency in Medellin

Pablo Escobar: 8 Interesting Facts About the King of Cocaine

Colorful winter sunset

What's the Difference Between a Solstice and an Equinox?

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Why Do Jeans Have That Tiny Pocket?

The Jeff Koons tulips sculputure outside the Guggenheim Museums in Bilbao, Spain, Basque Country.

What’s the Difference Between Modern and Contemporary Art?

Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician and autodidact.

6 Interesting Facts about Srinivasa Ramanujan

World Data Locator Map: Australia

Is Australia an Island?

shield law: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Ulan C. Pracene, Journalists, Shield Laws, and the First Amendment: Is the Fourth Estate Under Attack? (2005).

Article Contributors

Primary Contributors

The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Other Encyclopedia Britannica Contributors

Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Add new Web site: Digital Commons @ Touro Law Centre - SHIELD LAW - The Qualified Privilege of Newscasters and Journalists in Non-Confidential News - Court of Appeals of New York - People v.Combest.	Thinley Kalsang Bhutia	Nov 28, 2016
	New article added.	Brian Duignan	Mar 07, 2014
	New bibliography added.	Brian Duignan	Mar 07, 2014