<span>Interest groups often participate in supreme court cases through the use of amicus curae briefs.
This is a Latin expression which means 'friend of the court.' It refers to people who are not really party to a case, but whose opinion or legal expertise has been asked nevertheless in case something is overlooked.
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To reward settlers for their service to the Crown, Spain established the encomienda system. It gave settlers the right to tax local Native Americans or to make them work. In exchange, these settlers were supposed to protect the Native American people and convert them to Christianity.
Etruscan influence on ancient Roman culture was profound and it was from the Etruscans that the Romans inherited many of their own cultural and artistic traditions, from the spectacle of gladiatorial combat, to hydraulic engineering, temple design, and religious ritual, among many other things.
