Helps you ace the LSAT. This title features an eight-page Welcome section including 'How to Use This Book', 'LSAT Study Plan', 'Getting the Most from the Online Tests', and more. It covers the components of a logical argument and common logic flaws, and essential information for LSAT takers.
The eleventh edition of this established text provides a wide-ranging and straightforward exposition of contract law. Features such as summaries, questions, and examples, combine with succinct explanatory text to allow the reader to gain a sound understanding of the theory and application of contract law principles.
This is an easy to use guide on how to complete the various types of assessment normally encountered in undergraduate law programmes. Encouraging students to apply the skills they have learnt, it covers a wide range of tasks including essay writing, giving presentations and moots, taking exams and completing dissertations.
This book provides law students with a practical and proven method of analysing and answering essays and exam questions. Designed for students of all levels, including A-level, university, conversion, and vocational courses, the text teaches vital writing and analytical skills to help students in their substantive law studies.
Combines developments in the management of Scottish local government and the NHS in Scotland. This book is a source of information for practitioners and students, and deals with essential background information. It also looks at the structural changes and their implications. It is designed for those interested in Scottish public administration.
In the planned colony of South Australia, Aboriginal people were to be British subjects, held accountable for their actions by English law, but fully entitled to its protection. This book allows us to gain insight into Aboriginal people's motivation and frustration, and their efforts to cope with the invasion of their lands.
Federal Judge Sam Cummings of the Northern District of Texas dismissed an indictment against Timothy Joe Emerson for possession of a firearm while having a temporary restraining order against him. The judge cited violations of Emerson's Second and Fifth Amendment rights, and rejected the Government lawyer's claim.
Argues that young lawyers face a series of institutional absurdities built into the fabric of law school, the bar exam, and law firm practice. This book shows how these struggles can be reversed through massive structural change and focuses on diagnosis and treatment of the specific problems facing young lawyers.
Hoteliers, restaurateurs, licensees and catering managers enter into many legal relationships in the course of their work. This book provides information on basic legal principles, business law that pertains to running a legal business, specific laws that affect operational aspects of the hospitality industry and employment law.
For courses in Labor Relations; often found in law schools and schools of public administration. For professors who want students to understand how labor relations work in the "real world", Carrell provides students with more practical application than any other text.
The Chinese emphasis on criminal justice is rooted in their conception of morality which is tied to their cosmology and supernatural beliefs. This book focuses on criminal justice by drawing upon court cases. It includes legendary stories, folk tales and wuxia novels as they inform us about the popular beliefs in justice and the supernatural.
In recent years the subject of freedom of expression has become a topic of heated debate. 'Freedom of Expression in Islam' offers the first and only detailed presentation in English of freedom of expression from both the legal and moral perspectives of Islam.
In theory, we are all equally governed by the law and we all have equal access to our justice system, but in practice we don't know enough about our legal rights and obligations. This book helps you to know what questions to ask and what steps you should take to safeguard your legal rights and carry out your legal obligations.
A practical guide to the drafting and protection of commercial agreements. It draws together the different strands of the law including, privacy, defamation, broadcasting rights, sponsorship and merchandising. It supplements the analysis of law with precedent contractual agreements enabling practitioners to respond quickly to their clients' needs.
Extradition is the formal surrender of a person by a State to another State for prosecution or punishment. Extradition to or from the United States is a creature of treaty. This book explores the processes of extradition and rendition and the recent treaties used to accommodate American law enforcement interests.
Reflecting the multitude of avenues into the police force now open to future police officers, from pre-entry courses to PCSOs and Specials, Blackstones Handbook for Policing Students 2012 has been completely revised and restructured to help you find the key areas and meet the new requirements of police training.
An indispensable resource for employment practitioners, Blackstones Employment Law Practice 2011 provides all you need to advise clients confidently and to appear in tribunal. It draws together key legislation, procedural rules, Codes of Practice, Practice Directions, and in-depth analysis of law and procedure in one portable volume.
Presents an overview of the aspects of the law and legal system in Sweden, ranging from the legal institutions to topics such as contract law, tort law and family law. This book is suitable for non-Swedish practitioners faced with a legal issue involving Swedish law, and for foreign law students in need of an overview of the Swedish legal system.
Provides women with detailed, comprehensive and accessible advice on the criminal justice system - whether accused of a crime or the victim of one. Sections include being placed under arrest, right to remain silent, how to make a complaint, sue for compensation, deal with publicity.
How to Understand and Master the Language of Law. This second edition has been completely revised and updated to cover all aspects of language as used in a legal context where effective communication is crucial to both academic and professional success.
Jill Pooles Casebook on Contract Law provides a clear and well-structured exposition of the principles of contract law using a comprehensive selection of cases, and addresses all aspects covered on undergraduate courses. Key extracts chosen from a wide range of historical and contemporary cases illustrate how and why legal decisions are made.
Compares various models of risk regulation in order to understand how these systems shape the relationship between law and science, and how they attempt to overcome public distrust in science-based decision-making. This book covers debate relating to uncertainty and risks - and the difficulties faced by the EU in regulating these issues.
A collection of essays that focuses on the relationship between dignity and freedom in the post-apartheid legal order. It provides a perspective on a central theme in South Africa's constitutional law and also brings into view the answers to fundamental jurisprudential questions of international prominence.
An estimated 13.5 percent of US adults - 30.2 million consumers - were victims of one or more consumer fraud schemes during calendar year 2004. This book examines the epidemic of consumer fraud in the United States, who is targeted and how to avoid becoming a victim.
The criminal justice system on Indian lands consists of a complex and often overlapping matrix of federal, tribal, and in certain circumstances, state jurisdiction. This title examines the issues of reservation violence which disrupts the peace and public safety of tribal communities.
Analysing the law of evidence, this book includes essential doctrinal analysis. It takes an account of evidence theory, psychological research on information processing and retrieval, socio-legal work on police investigations, and jury research projects. It reviews changes to the law, bought about by the Criminal Justice Act 2003.
Helps you ace the LSAT. This title features an eight-page Welcome section including 'How to Use This Book', 'LSAT Study Plan', 'Getting the Most from the Online Tests', and more. It covers the components of a logical argument and common logic flaws, and essential information for LSAT takers.
For several decades, researchers have studied the race/violence relationship. A number of explanations have been put forth to clarify the forces at play behind this relationship. This book presents an argument for the high rates of violence among African-American adolescents.
In September 1993, as the Second Amendment stood on the brink of disaster. The gun rights movement, having fought a defensive, holding action in Washington since 1988, was under the greatest attack in history. This book is of interest to Second Amendment activists, as well as those who are fighting the good fight for freedom.
A collection of essays that focuses on the relationship between dignity and freedom in the post-apartheid legal order. It provides a perspective on a central theme in South Africa's constitutional law and also brings into view the answers to fundamental jurisprudential questions of international prominence.
There remains a lack of in-depth research investigating particular issues of Muslim family laws and how these interact with society in relation to the official legal processes. It is especially this latter aspect, how alternative norms play out in the formal courts, which is the focus of this book, with mahr as the main reference point.
This comprehensive guide offers extensive analysis of the complex legal framework in which universities work, and the remedies which may be sought in the event of disputes. The second edition has been fully updated to take account of the many changes to the legal framework, providing an essential guide for all involved in higher education law.
Providing a historical account of how a college society affects the lives of its members and the greater society, this entertaining book details the history of an active and admirable college society. It is of interest to UCC alumni and staff, law graduates, and to people from Cork.
On 18 December 2010, Hjalte Rasmussen will turn 70. His colleagues and friends will mark the occasion by this Festschrift, with contributors from all over the world. It is the exquisite privilege of the Centre for European Constitutionalization at the Faculty of Law to commemorate his birthday by publishing the present work.
Provides a legal overview of the practice and responses to frequently asked questions. This book tells how under the Constitution (Article II, Section 2, Clause 2), the President and the Senate share the power to make appointments to high-level policy-making positions in federal departments, agencies, boards, and commissions; and more.
Examines the law and its role in shaping and defining tourism and the tourist experience. Using a range of legal documents and other materials from a variety of disciplines, this title surveys how the underlying values of tourism often conflict with a concern for human rights, cultural heritage and sustainable environments.
Helps you learn to solve tricky LSAT logic games. This book shows you how to work through every game type, how to diagram logical relationships, and how to use targeted tools to answer questions quickly and easily. It also includes 72 practice logic games with solutions, and logic tools to help you solve any kind of logic game.
The appointment of a Supreme Court Justice is an event of major significance in American politics. Each appointment is important because of the enormous judicial power the Supreme Court exercises as the highest appellate court in the federal judiciary.
This volume focuses on the Indigenous Intervention and contains a multi-disciplinary collection of articles on the Interventions effects on child safety and wellbeing the seeming fact that enhanced prosecutions of Indigenous people post-Intervention are mainly for road traffic matters the likely impacts of compulsory income management of welfare recipients in the affected communities the impact of the 2010 amendments and whether the legislation and administration remain racially discriminatory the impact of increased policing before and under the Intervention the assimilative tendency of current outstations and homelands policies and
Congress amended the 1996 Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) to allow US victims of terrorism to sue designated State sponsors of terrorism for their terrorist acts. This book provides background on the doctrine of State immunity and the FSIA. It details the evolution of terrorist State exception and some of the resulting judicial decisions.
A guide to obtaining the degree of Doctor of Philosophy of Law in the United Kingdom. It draws on interviews and case studies with PhD students, supervisors and examiners. It is suitable for the growing numbers of PhD students in the UK's many law schools - and those internationally that wish to learn from UK best practice.
The five articles on Danish criminal law in this book were originally written for comparative research projects at Max-Planck-Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law in Freiburg i.Br. However, we are certain that these country reports on Denmark will be of interest independently of the original projects.
Explores such topics as the United States Coast Guard Administrative Law Judge program which is designed to promote safety at sea while protecting mariner's rights; international approaches to Underwater Cultural Heritage protection; and, cruise vessel safety and security and others.
Examines the Fourth Amendment of the U S Constitution as it relates today to border security, government access to phone calling activity and related records, student strip searches, and governmental drug testing and compulsory DNA collection from people who have been convicted on criminal charges.
Offers you the information you need to win the arguments with those who want to ban guns and destroy your individual freedom and liberty to pursue the American dream. This book contains some of the author's best columns from publications like "National Review", Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Sun-Times, scores of others.
Examining areas of the undergraduate law curriculum and the CPE/GDL, this series helps you to identify, understand and commit to memory the salient points of each area of the law. It is packed with revision checklists that helps you to consolidate the key issues within each topic, and tables of cases and legislation that make for reference.
The centrepiece of the federal government's legal framework for privacy protection, the Privacy Act of 1974, offers safeguards for information maintained by federal agencies. This title determines whether laws and guidance consistently cover the federal government's collection and use of personal information and incorporate key privacy principles.
This wholly updated edition presents, for all the most commonly required topics, the rights and responsibilities for various ages from 0 to 21 years of age. Questions such as 'How old do I have to be to baby-sit or to be left alone?' are answered, with specific references to relevant law included.
The primary legislative function of standing committees in the House of Representatives is to evaluate the thousands of bills and resolutions that members introduce during each Congress. This book focuses on the mark up stage of the legislative process in committee.
Harvard Law School is one of the premier law schools in the world. Every year, thousands of elite applicants try for a few hundred slots. This title includes admissions officers that need to hear about the strengths that don't show up in LSAT scores or on a college transcript. It helps to demonstrate your ability to lead and inspire others.
On 13 February 2009, both the House and Senate passed the conference version of H R 1, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). This book provides a brief overview of the key provisions of the ARRA including the agriculture, nutrition, and rural provisions; medicaid provisions; and a summary and legislative history of the Act.
Presents a synthesis of major studies on child exploitation and an annotated bibliography. This book discusses topics that include: Internet crimes against children; the role of the family and caregivers in preventing children from becoming victims of sexual abuse; and, more.
Designed to help non-native English speakers improve their knowledge and understanding of core legal terminology, this workbook includes crosswords, puzzles and word games to test English vocabulary. Combining self-study exercises and practical speaking activities, it is useful for both home and class-based study.
Offers a comprehensive account of developments in legal equality in Finland from the late 19th through the early 21st century. This book demonstrates that equality is never a status or a state of affairs that either exists or does not exist. It is rather a continuous and controversial process of creating meanings that are bound to time and place.
Taking account of the developments of the Mental Health Act 2003, this text offers guidance on the interpretation, implications and application of the legislative framework in practice. It is aimed at criminal, civil and private client practitioners, as well as local authorities, health services, social workers, and the police and prison services.
Intends to encourage dialogue and interaction between the lecturer and student. This title includes the methodology that is not only useful to law students but also to those lecturers who do not have a legal background. It contains exercises for listening practice, that aims at developing and refining note-making skills.
Child welfare services are intended to prevent the abuse or neglect of children and to ensure that children have safe, permanent homes, in addition to promoting the well-being of children and their families. This book provides an overview of the federal role in the assistance and improvement of child welfare services.
Elections and parties are at the heart of democratic practice and debate. How they are regulated is crucial to democratic trust and values such as political equality and participation. The Law of Politics elucidates the law and norms that govern this area in Australia. It will be of value to anyone interested in political rights and institutions.
South Africa has one of the highest levels of reported rape in the world, and legislative reform was seen as a step towards shifting the understanding of rape and its treatment within the criminal justice system. This text charts the social and legal debates and jurisprudential developments that took place during the rape law reform process.
Just about everyone agrees that the educational system needs constant reform, change, accountability and better results. The problems, as usual, are in the details. This book brings together book citations in such subcategories as gifted children, brighter education, testing, elementary education, vocational education and religious education.
From the origins of the court to modern practical matters - including the federal judiciary system, the Supreme Court's session schedule, and the argument, decision, and appeal process, this resource provides detailed answers on various aspects of the Supreme Court.
A V Dicey's lectures were a reflection of the anxieties felt by Benthamite Liberals in the face of Socialist and New Liberal challenges. This title brings together a series of lectures A V Dicey first gave at Harvard Law School on the influence of public opinion in England during the nineteenth century and its impact on legislation.
A V Dicey's lectures were a reflection of the anxieties felt by Benthamite Liberals in the face of Socialist and New Liberal challenges. This title brings together a series of lectures A V Dicey first gave at Harvard Law School on the influence of public opinion in England during the nineteenth century and its impact on legislation.