This report provides a brief overview of federal statutes and where to find them, both in print and on the Internet. When Congress passes a law, it may amend or repeal earlier enactments or it may write on a clean slate. Newly enacted laws are published chronologically, first as separate statutes in "slip law" form and later cumulatively in a series of volumes known as the Statutes at Large. Statutes are numbered by order of enactment either as public...

Topics covered include children's testimony, prosecution of child abuse and neglect cases, sentencing, elder abuse, civil protection orders, arrest, prosecution and defense, treatment.

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Features information on firing, wages, health insurance, medical leave, retirement plans, disability and worker's compensation insurance, discrimination, and privacy rights with up-to-date state and federal law information.

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"The information employers need to successfully handle every aspect of the employment relationship, from hiring to firing. The 10th edition provides updated 50-state charts and explains the latest developments in employment law, including health care reform"--Provided by publisher.

Digging deep into city politics gets your hands filthy dirty. Sherry Proper has launched her legal research company, and her client, a high-profile has her digging where influential people would much rather she didn't. They will go to great lengths to stop her. Criminals are like that.Even with the help of her assistant, Cela, the mixed martial artist, and some out-of-favor vice cops, the odds are against them. But Sherry doesn't play fair either--whatever...