Category: Legal
Durable power of attorney and health care proxy are both legal documents used for designating an “agent” to take care of certain responsibilities. However there are subtle differences between the two that are worth checking...
While governors and Senators are important figures in the U.S. political system, it has always been a point of debate over who is more influential. Let’s go ahead and learn more about their roles and...
Liberalism is an important political movement that helped shape many world governments well into modern times. However, liberalism broke off into two camps, bringing forth libertarians and other liberal-themed groups from among their ranks. Summary...
In the United States, the national government and the governments of the 50 states have power divided between them and use a system of shared control. Let’s look at the difference between the state and national governments...
Politicians are all the same, right? But apart from their character, which is a very subjective issue, there is also the issue of who does what on the job. And this is usually an issue...
In the US, two different kinds of elections are held to determine who will hold public office. While primary and general elections are essential processes in place in a democratic system, each serves different purposes...
In the US, the practice of racial segregation took two forms: de facto segregation and de jure segregation. Let’s learn the difference between the two. Summary Table De Facto Segregation De Jure Segregation Racial segregation...
All trusts are classified into two basic types: simple or complex. This distinction is determined by the structure of the trust and how its assets are distributed. Below is a brief rundown of how a...
Although people talk about mortgages and deeds of trust all the time, not everyone knows that these debt instruments are not the same. Let’s find out why. Summary Table Mortgage Deed of Trust Direct agreement...
Despite being closely related, a federation and a confederation are distinct political systems. This article aims to flesh out the differences between these inter-related systems. Summary Table Federation Confederation An organization of sovereign states governed...
