I cannot seem to travel without encountering something law-related. During my recent trip to Charleston, South Carolina, our tour guide took us to the “Four Corners of Law” at the intersection of Broad Street and Meeting Street. The term refers to the four buildings that are located at that intersection which represent municipal, county, federal, and ecclesiastical law (church law). It was supposedly coined by Robert Ripley, famous for his entertainment franchise “Believe It or Not!“.
1818Charleston City Hall. Photo by Jenny Gesley.Charleston City Hall
Charleston’s City Hall building was constructed between 1800 and 1804. The building was originally used by the federal government to house a branch of the First Bank of the United States, which operated from 1791 to 1811. The First Bank of the United States was the first national bank, proposed by Alexander Hamilton