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To understand how the legal system works, students must consider the law in terms of its structures, processes, language, and modes of thought and argument-in short, they must become literate in the field. Legal Literacy fulfills this aim by providing a foundational understanding of key concepts such as legal personhood, jurisdiction, and precedent, and by introducing students to legal research and writing skills. Examples of cases, statutes, and...
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Your career as a top-notch paralegal starts here.
The demand for paralegal professionals is exploding, and Paralegal Career For Dummies, 2nd Edition explains the skills and requirements needed to pursue this rewarding career. Inside, you'll discover the ins and outs of paralegal skills, from preparing documents and performing legal research to obtaining certification, job hunting, and understanding legal concepts.
Use this hands-on guide to...
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2013 marks the 100th anniversary of our federal income tax enacted in 1913. This book is based on sound legal research, court records, compelling exhibits and actual litigation by the author. To understand Our Tax-Apocalypse, the reader will discover that the federal income tax collected today is NOT the federal income tax enacted by the U.S. Congress in 1913 or defined by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1916. Driven by boundless arrogance, this special...
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This book provides a concise and usable overview of the practical implications of important public sector United States federal, state, and municipal laws and standards related to information governance, as they pertain to librarians, research staff, universities, corporate regulatory managers, and public-sector information governance professionals. It is the first in a series of two volumes addressing public sector information governance compliance...
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The Kentucky League of Cities is a nonprofit association that provides a number of services including legal research and information, legislative advocacy, training, insurance, loss control, and employee benefits to nearly 400 cities across the state.
Our job at the Kentucky League of Cities is to connect members with educational opportunities that will deepen your understanding of your role as a city official and help you to be the public servant...
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With this incisive work, Palmer Rampell reveals the surprising role genre fiction played in redefining the category of the private person in the postwar period. Especially after the Supreme Court established a constitutional right to privacy in 1965, legal scholars, judges, and the public scrambled to understand the scope of that right. Before and after the Court's ruling, authors of genre fiction and film reformulated their aliens, androids, and...
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Human rights are, derived from the dignity and worth inherent in the human person. Human rights and fundamental freedoms have been, reiterated in the Universal declaration of Human Rights, 1948. Democracy, development and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms are inter-dependent and have mutual reinforcement. The human rights for women, including girl child are, therefore, inalienable, integral and an indivisible part of universal human...
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Fool Me Once, Fool Me Twice Angie Gregory put her job and even her life on the line to help out Michael Brewster, and he'd walked away with barely a thank you. Again.How could she be so dumb?He needed to be with his sons, he said. He'd call.And then his sons were kidnapped. Angie had come to love them as if they were her own in such a short time. They should have been hers, a voice in her head wailed.Well they weren't, she told the voice firmly.Michael...
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"Marriage is pure-pure as water, colorless water. The goal is… to keep the marriage pure and colorless, not to muddy the colorless water… with lies, bitterness, resentment…"
Combining legal expertise and a Christian viewpoint, author Solon Philips argues the case that he calls "involuntary divorce" (i.e unilateral dissolution of a marriage, or abandonment) as being damaging and destructive for both parties. Examining this thesis from all sides,...
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A psychedelic renaissance is taking place worldwide for those who wish to develop a more comprehensive awareness of themselves and the planet. The proper usage of entheogens can lift the veil from our consensus reality, allowing ordinary individuals to experience a broader field of awareness. These sacred medicines can provide access to expand insights and the possibility of lasting behavioral transformation previously available only to privileged...
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"The demand for paralegal professionals is exploding, and this book explains in plain English the skills and requirements you need to pursue this rewarding career. Inside, you'll discover the ins and outs of what it's like to be a paralegal, from preparing documents and performing legal research to obtaining certification, hunting for work, and understanding legal concepts."--Page 4 of cover.
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Do you, or anyone you know, dream of becoming a professional football (soccer) player? Joining an academy is probably the best route for a player to choose to become a professional player in modern times (Paul Merson – Former Arsenal player). The book The Best Football Academies (All In One Place) includes over 100 football (soccer) academies located in different parts of the world. WHAT'S INCLUDED The book includes: The Top 25 academies (based...
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Mariana Valverde is Professor at the Centre of Criminology, University of Toronto, where she teaches social and legal theory. She is the author of Diseases of the Will, The Age of Light, Soap, and Water, and Sex, Power, and Pleasure.
If knowledge is power, then the power of law can be studied through the lens of knowledge. This book opens up a substantive new area of legal research--knowledge production--and presents a series of case studies showing...
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Part I: In 1983, the author's mother gives him the papers of Leon Josephson (d. 1966) which included decades of legal research on the Duck Island murder case (1938-1966). Also included are documents concerning Josephson's encounters between 1947 and 1959 with the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). Due to a legal quirk, Leon Josephson served 9 months in a high security Federal penitentiary in Milan, Michigan but emerged a member of the...