The Indian statute on food purity passed in 300 BCE. Continue reading
Tag: Legislation
The First Water Pollution Law Passed
First water pollution law passed on 1856 in London, England to control waste dumped into the Thames River. Continue reading
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoléon Bonaparte (French: [napoleɔ̃ bɔnɑpaʁt]; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a French statesman and military leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns during the French Revolutionary Wars. Continue reading
A Uniform National Law Code
In 1800 by Napoleon Bonaparte, the First Consul of France, commissioned Code Napoleon (the Napoleonic Code), it was drafted by a council under Jean-Jacques Regis de Cambaceres. Continue reading
The first European legislator of African descent
Louisy Mathieu, who was a European of African descent, was elected on August 22nd 1848, representing Guadeloupe in the French National Assembly, serving only one term. Continue reading
A law requiring doctors to report cases of occupational disease
Enacted in Britain in 1895, this law requiring doctors to report cases of occupational disease, the records of the reports were maintained by the office of the chief inspector of factories. Continue reading
Homosexual Civil Rights Law comes to Pass
the Canadian province of Quebec, on December 16th 1977, updated its Provincial Charter of Human Rights, Continue reading
Cryogenics Outlawed in British Columbia, Canada
We have all seen it in movies, freeze the dead and hope in the future they can thaw and cure what ails them. Continue reading