de jure

Examples of de jure in the following topics:

• Jim Crow Laws

  • Jim Crow laws, enacted between 1876 and 1965, mandated de jure racial segregation in the public facilities of southern states.
  • They mandated de jure (or legalized) racial segregation in all public facilities in southern states of the former Confederacy, with a supposedly "separate but equal" status for black Americans .
  • De jure segregation mainly applied to the southern United States.
  • Northern segregation was generally de facto (in practice, rather than established by formal laws), with patterns of segregation in housing enforced by covenants, bank lending practices, and job discrimination, including discriminatory union practices, for decades.

• Oligarchy

  • The Soviet Union was a de jure oligarchy: only members of the Communist Party were allowed to vote or hold office.
  • Today, Russia may be considered a de facto oligarchy: Since the collapse of the Soviet Union on 31 December 1991, privately owned Russia-based multinational corporations, including producers of petroleum, natural gas, and metal have become oligarchs.
  • States may be oligarchies de jure or de facto.
  • In de jure oligarchies, an elite group is given power by the law.
  • In de facto oligarchies, those with more resources are able to gain political power, despite laws that ostensibly treat all citizens equally.

• Brown v. Board of Education and School Integration

  • Handed down on May 17, 1954, the Court's unanimous (9–0) decision stated that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal. " As a result, de jure racial segregation was ruled a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S.
  • Summarize the phenomena of de jure and de facto segregation in the United States during the mid-1900s and the significance of the Brown v.

• Jim Crow Laws

  • These laws mandated de jure (i.e. legalized) racial segregation in all public facilities—public schools, public transportation, and public places such as restrooms, restaurants, and drinking fountains—in former Confederate states, with a supposedly "separate-but-equal" status for black Americans.
  • De jure segregation applied mainly in the Southern United States.
  • Northern segregation was generally de facto (i.e. occurring in practice, rather than being established by formal laws), with patterns of segregation in housing enforced by covenants, bank lending practices, and job discrimination—including discriminatory union practices—for decades.

• The Spread of Segregation

  • They mandated de jure racial segregation in all public facilities in southern states of the former Confederacy, with a supposedly "separate but equal" status for black Americans.
  • De jure segregation mainly applied to the southern United States.
  • Northern segregation was generally de facto, with patterns of segregation in housing enforced by covenants, bank lending practices and job discrimination.

• The Diversity Debate

  • In affirmative action programs, the state goes beyond ensuring de jure equality for racial minorities in public education and makes strides to create conditions for de facto equality.

• Legally Free, Socially Bound

  • The Jim Crow laws were enacted on the state and local levels between 1876 and 1965, and mandated de jure segregation in all public facilities, with a supposedly "separate but equal" status for black Americans .

• Disenfranchising African Americans

  • They mandated de jure racial segregation in all public facilities in southern states of the former Confederacy, with a supposedly "separate but equal" status for black Americans.
  • De jure segregation mainly applied to the southern United States.
  • Northern segregation was generally de facto, with patterns of segregation in housing enforced by covenants, bank lending practices and job discrimination.

• Clarifying Ambiguous Words

  • This kind of segregation is sometimes called de facto, in itself an acknowledgment that the word does not always mean the same thing.
  • This kind of segregation is sometimes called de jure.

• The Hohenzollerns

  • The various territories of the empire acted more or less as de facto sovereign states and only acknowledged the emperor's overlordship over them in a formal way.
  • For this reason, Brandenburg soon came to be treated as de facto part of the Prussian kingdom rather than a separate entity.
  • The feudal designation of the Margraviate of Brandenburg ended with the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806, which made the Hohenzollerns de jure as well as de facto sovereigns over it.