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Cornell University: Law School: Jurisdiction Explained

For Students 9th - 10th
Site provides an overview of jurisdiction with links to recent case law and constitutional references.
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Cornell University: Law School: Secured Transaction Law

For Students 9th - 10th
The resource provides an overview of secured credit obligations. Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code is also described.
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Cornell University: Law School: Workers Compensation: Overview

For Students 9th - 10th
A presentation of the law pertaining to Workers' Compensation. Employment Acts are mentioned and links are available for more information that is related.
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Cornell University: Law School: Collective Bargaining and Labor Arbitration: Overview

For Students 9th - 10th
Examples using State Statutes are given. In conjunction with defining Collective Bargaining, several Acts are discussed which apply Collective Bargaining.
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Cornell University: Law School: Law About.. The Death Penalty

For Students 9th - 10th
This Cornell site gives an overview of the death penalty issue and links to federal, state and other resources on the issue.
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Cornell University: Law School: Equal Protection Overview

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief overview of the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. Includes a link to the full text of the amendment. Discusses equal protection.
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Cornell University: Law School: Income Tax Law: An Overview

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of resources for understanding income tax law, including its roots in the Constitution, federal and state statutes and regulations, judicial decisions, and links to the websites of government and tax agencies.
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Cornell University: Law School: Powell v. Alabama

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides the full text of the opinion of Justice Sutherland in the landmark Supreme Court case of Powell v. Alabama, which deals with the Fourteenth Amendment and due process of law, and which were found to be denied to the defendants in...
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Cornell University: Law School: In Re Gault (1967)

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents the syllabus of the landmark Supreme Court case of In re Gault which decided that juveniles tried for crimes in delinquency proceedings should have the right of due process protected by the Fourteenth Amendment.
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Cornell University: Law School: Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971)

For Students 9th - 10th
Offers the complete syllabus of the landmark Supreme Court case of Lemon v. Kurtzman. This case dealt with the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment and established the "Lemon test," which states that there be no excessive...
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Cornell University: Law School: Furman v. Georgia (1972)

For Students 9th - 10th
Offers the complete text of the Supreme Court decision in the case of Furman v. Georgia. This case deals with the issues of death penalty and cruel and unusual punishment.
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Cornell University: Law School: Uniform Commercial Code

For Students 9th - 10th
Complete text of the Uniform Commercial Code including all 9 articles. Provided by FindLaw.
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Cornell University: Law School: Agostini v. Felton (1997)

For Students 9th - 10th
Offers the full text of the Supreme Court landmark decision on Agostini v. Felton. This case dealt with the issue of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.
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Cornell University: Law School: Gore v. Bush (2000)

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a collection of facts on the landmark Supreme Court case of Gore v. Bush which stated that the Florida Supreme Court's method for recounting ballots was a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
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Cornell University: Law School: Social Security Library

For Students 9th - 10th
The Cornell Law Library provides an exhaustive resource on "the set of programs popularly referred to as Social Security." Read about the Act and its amendments, court decisions, applications, and more.
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Cornell University: Cornell Center for Materials Research: Friction

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A collection of experiments where learners can learn about how friction works and affects the physical world. At the end, students design a tortoise to win by slowing it down using friction. Lesson includes explanation of the concept of...
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Cornell University: Law School: Legal Information Institute: Joint Ventures

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides legal information about joint ventures.
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Cornell University: Astronomy: The Phases of the Moon

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Cornell University provides great information on the different phases of the moon. As the Moon moves in its orbit around the Sun, our view of the side illuminated by the Sun changes. Furthermore, the rising and setting...
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Cornell University: Study Design Tutorial: Cross Sectional Studies

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This tutorial from Cornell University's College of Veterinary Medicine explains what a cross-sectional study is, its key characteristics, how to assess events and outcomes, and some special considerations when choosing sample...
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Cornell University: Elasticity [Ppt]

For Students 9th - 10th
This slideshow delves into the concept of elasticity. It discusses why elasticity is important, looks at the different kinds of elasticity, and has many supporting graphs and charts to use as examples.
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Cornell University: Library: I Will Be Heard! Abolitionism in America

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of original manuscripts, letters, photographs, rare books, and other materials on abolitionism from the 1700s through 1865.
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Cornell University: Library: Rare and Manuscript Collections: Gettysburg Address

For Students 9th - 10th
See a copy of the only privately held copy of the Gettysburg Address and read contemporary newspaper reviews of Lincoln's stirring speech.
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Cornell University: Library: I Will Be Heard: The 13th Amendment

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the text of the 13th Amendment, adopted in January, 1865, even before the end of the Civil War, which ended slavery in the United States. Click on the image to see a larger picture of the document itself.
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Article
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Cornell University: Counting Solution Clusters in Graph Coloring Problems

For Students 11th - 12th
This paper proposes one of the first scalable methods for estimating the number of clusters of solutions of graph coloring problems using a belief propagation like algorithm.