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Following the civil war, the American South went through a period known as Reconstruction, during which Tennessee was forced to reform its laws regarding the rights of African Americans and its economy which had relied on slave labour previously. [2] This occurred after Tennessee was the first secession state to return to the United States. [3]
Strange laws, also called weird laws, dumb laws, futile laws, unusual laws, unnecessary laws, legal oddities, or legal curiosities, are laws that are perceived to be useless, humorous or obsolete, or are no longer applicable (in regard to current culture or modern law). A number of books and websites purport to list dumb laws.
Lotka's law, in infometrics: the number of authors publishing a certain number of articles is a fixed ratio to the number of authors publishing a single article. As the number of articles published increases, authors producing that many publications become less frequent.
The law remained on the books until 1967, when teacher Gary L. Scott of Jacksboro, Tennessee, who had been dismissed for violation of the act, sued for reinstatement, citing his First Amendment right to free speech. Although his termination was rescinded, Scott continued his fight with a class action lawsuit in the Nashville Federal District ...
Pages in category "Writers from Tennessee" The following 113 pages are in this category, out of 113 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The Laws of Life: Halliday Sutherland: 1935 Non-fiction Banned in the Irish Free State for discussing sex education and Calendar-based contraceptive methods – even though The Laws of Life had been granted a Cum permissu superiorum endorsement by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Westminster. [169] Honourable Estate: Vera Brittain: 1936 Novel
Pages in category "Novelists from Tennessee" The following 93 pages are in this category, out of 93 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Deborah Adams;
Tennessee has been a battleground for book bans and restrictions over the past few years, as numerous laws targeting content vaguely deemed “harmful to minors” in public school libraries have ...