CRM 187R Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Burlingame Treaty, Aggravated Felony, Perjury
27 Apr 2020
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The turn of phrase force of law , or force of law without law , means that sovereign power which generally declares nothing to be outside the law works paradoxically through the postponement of generally held legal norms and practices. Key terms: monopoly on legitimate violence, aggravated felonies. Chinese exclusion act of 1882: yellow peril. Treaty in 1868 to expand upon the treaty of tianjin in 1858. The new treaty established some basic principles that aimed to ease immigration restrictions, and represented a chinese effort to limit. American interference in internal chinese affairs: laws and cases. 1885- segregation of the chinese in public areas. 1913- alien land law: end of exclusion. 1965- immigration act of 1965: abolished an earlier quota system based on national origin and established a new immigration policy based on reuniting immigrant families and attracting skilled labor to the united states.
