Mao began to see his influence weakening so he began by setting up a power struggle. It was called the cultural revolution.
He believed the current governments in both the Soviet Union and China were placing too much emphasis on outstanding intellectual and engineering pursuits and not enough on ideological purity.
At the time of his death, 1.5 million people had been killed. The economy was in tatters and there was a 12% reduction in the population. That means that the 1.5 million really does not account for the 12% reduction in population.
He shut down the schools so that the main participants in this class war were students and the youth. They made life unbearable for the elderly. It disrupted the natural flow of the Chinese centuries old set of traditions where it was the duty of the young to care for the old.
Once Mao died, Chou en Lei took power and calmed things down. Mao was one of the monsters of world leaders to rule in the mid 20th century. He joins the ranks of Stalin and Hitler.
The Dred Scott Supreme Court case ruled that slaves are property and are allowed in all states/territories, even if slavery is outlawed in the state constitution.
This idea supports the concept of nullification, as states that abolished slavery would nullify (refuse) to follow this ruling because they felt it was unconstitutional.
This idea also limited the power of the federal government to restrict the expansion of slavery because the court ruled that slaves do not have legal rights and are considered property no matter where they go. This meant that slavery can essentially exist anywhere in the US and the federal government couldn't change that unless they made a national law/amendment that outlawed slavery.
C. They helped legal thinkers to create modern international law. Justinian was a ruler over the Byzantine Empire, which many consider to be the continuation of the Eastern Roman Empire. Justinian developed a code during his reign from 529 to 565 CE that gave common law across the many different parts of the empire in the Mediterranean. Justinian's code was heavily inspired the Roman twelve tables, and the codes created written law that gave equal jurisdiction and treatment to all citizens of the empire. <span />
<span>Jordan Mott invented it in 1490 in France </span><span />
