House of Burgesses, representative assembly in colonial Virginia, an outgrowth of the first elective governing body in a British overseas possession, the Virginia General Assembly. The General …

Oct 8, 2025 · Biography of Robert E. Lee, Confederate commander of the Army of Northern Virginia and later all Southern armies during the American Civil War (1861–65). The Army of …

Governance, patterns of rule or practices of governing. The study of governance generally approaches power as distinct from or exceeding the centralized authority of the modern state.

Nonetheless, the body served as a precedent for self-governance in later British colonies in North America. The second far-reaching development was the arrival in the colony (in August) of the …

Oct 7, 2025 · Beginning in 1973 with the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade, Americans’ right to abortion was protected by a constitutional right to privacy. The Court reaffirmed this …

The concept of good governance was thus defined by institutional barriers to corruption and by the requirements of a functioning market economy. It was defined as a legitimate state with a …

corporate governance, rules and practices by which companies are governed or run. Corporate governance is important because it refers to the governance of what is arguably the most …

The U.S. Congress consists of two houses, the House of Representatives and the Senate. Each state elects two senators, while seats in the House of Representatives are apportioned by …

All social and political regimes appear to depend on a pattern of rule, or form of governance, no matter how informal it might be. Hence, the term governance has come to refer to social and …

Oct 14, 2025 · The Supreme Court of the United States will hear a number of significant cases in its 2025–26 term, which is scheduled to begin on October 6, 2025, and will end in late June or …