Extractions: CODI Archives Articles Bibliographic Disability Information Disability Directories Disability Statistics Submit your URL List your site in our directory Publications Legal Issues contains two directories for sources of legal assistance: State Protection and Advocacy Agencies and Legal and Advocacy Organizations. Also, there are a number of publications that were prepared by Mark H. Leeds, Esq. of the Association of the Bar New York City: Its The Law Rights and Responsibilities , and Rights of People with Disabilities Its The Law is written for the layman.
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JURIST - Legal Dictionaries Equal protection of the law The guarantee in the Fourteenth Amendment to the Jurisprudence - The study of law and the structure of the legal system. http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/dictionary.htm
Extractions: - A - Abatement of action - A suit which has been quashed and ended. Abstract of record - A short, abbreviated form of the case as found in the record. Abstract of title - A chronological summary of all official records and recorded documents affecting the title to a parcel of real property. Acceptance - The taking and receiving of anything in good faith with the intention of retaining it. Accessory - A person who assists in the commission of a crime, either before or after the fact. Accomplice - 1. A partner in a crime. 2. A person who knowingly and voluntarily participates with another in a criminal activity.
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Extractions: -A- A-B TRUST: see bypass trust ACTUAL MALICE: To win a defamation suit, public officials or prominent people, such as political candidates or movie stars, must prove that the offender made a false statement with actual malice. This means the statement was made with knowledge that it was false or with serious doubts about whether it was true. ADJOURNMENT IN CONTEMPLATION OF DISMISSAL: See pre-trial diverson ADMINISTRATOR: Person appointed to oversee the handling of an estate when there is no will. ADVANCE DIRECTIVE: see living will AFFIDAVIT: A written statement made under oath. AGE OF MAJORITY: The age when a person acquires all the rights and responsibilities of being an adult. In most states, the age is 18. ALIMONY: Also called maintenance or spousal support . In a divorce or separation, the money paid by one spouse to the other in order to fulfill the financial obligation that comes with marriage. ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION: Methods for resolving problems without going to court. AMICUS CURIAE: Latin for "friend of the court." Refers to a party that is allowed to provide information (usually in the form of a legal brief) to a court even though the party is not directly involved in the case at hand.
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Extractions: A B C D ... W A Abuse See domestic violence Action A technical legal word that is another way to refer to a lawsuit, or case. Adoption Forms A court action in which an adult assumes legal and all other responsibilities for a child, creating a permanent parent-child relationship. Advocate Someone who helps and supports another person. An advocate will "take sides" and promote his or her client's view or interests. Affidavit A written statement that is signed under the penalty of perjury and sworn to before a person who is officially permitted by law to administer an oath. See also, under oath Affidavit and Memorandum The sworn statement and argument filed with a motion. See motion practice for more information and forms. Affirmative Defense A claim the defendant would make in his or her answer that knocks out the complaint . See the Answer to Divorce with Children form for examples of some affirmative defenses. Agreement Forms A complete understanding between both sides. You can agree one issue or many. If you reach an agreement with the other side on all issues, you can ask the judge for a
Extractions: for free legal advice on BDSM issues by Frederick McDermott The information which follows was donated to gloria-brame.com in 1998 by Rumpoule as a special service to the SM/fetish communities. Rumpoule is no longer accepting queries or email: this page offers some of his legal opinions on BDSM issues important to us all. I have been a criminal defense lawyer for over twenty years. I've also been in the leather lifestyle for nearly twenty-five years. I am submissive to women as a preferred form of sexuality and lifestyle. I decided I wanted to give something back to people who, like me, have a different kind sexuality or lifestyle by learning about how the law affects us. I want to collect and pass that information on to the community's members by giving lectures and acting as a resource. As you read this, you may find it to be a little frightening. Please remember that, in a legal sense just as in health considerations, there is no such thing as "safe sex." There is however, with education, "safer sex." Just as in the health arena, education and caution can help to avoid frightening results. So be aware of what you are doing, act responsibly, and you will find you can avoid that which you may fear. Please keep in mind that there are 50 states, the District of Columbia and the United States. Federal laws generally do not have much impact. In fact, J. Edgar Hoover once said, "I regret to say that we of the FBI are powerless to act in cases of oral-genital intimacy, unless it has in some way obstructed interstate commerce."
Search Engines And Legal Issues Articles about lawsuits, court cases and legal issues involving search engines . Link law Revisited Internet Linking law at Five Years http://searchenginewatch.com/resources/article.php/2156541
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AMA (Legal Issues) Tort Reform The case addresses several fundamental issues concerning the legal The briefemphasized the benefits that the tort reform law has provided to the State http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/9955.html
Extractions: DoctorFinder Join/Renew MyAMA Site Map ... Case Summaries e-mail story print story Eldridge v. Johnson (Marion County, Ind. Super. Ct.) Through this lawsuit, the Indiana State Medical Association successfully defended against an attack on the Indiana tort reform law. James and Paula Eldridge sued their physician, Leighton Johnson, MD, for medical malpractice in the Marion County, Indiana Superior Court. On January 24, 2002, following a two week jury trial, each plaintiff secured a judgment against him. The judgments, together, came to just under $3.9 million. When it learned of the case, ISMA determined that the Eldridges were posing a serious threat to the statute. Because of its importance, ISMA convinced the Indiana Attorney General to intervene in the suit. The Attorney General retained a private defense attorney, specializing in medical malpractice cases, to represent the State of Indiana. This attorney, with ISMA assistance, obtained expert witnesses to counter the plaintiffs' experts. However, ISMA had to pay for the private defense attorney and the defense experts out of its own pocket. In December 2002, before the motion for reduction of verdict was decided, the case settled. The Litigation Center will help ISMA defray its defense costs.
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Extractions: The optimal way to remedy this critical deficiency would be to establish a Rule of Law Reserves (RLR) and a single federal Office for Rule of Law Operations (ORLO) that would have the permanent authority to recruit, deploy, and manage constabulary police units and individual police, judges, attorneys, court staff, and corrections officers in peace and stability operations.
Boston College Law Review - Boston College The Boston College law Review is the oldest scholarly publication at Boston The Review publishes articles concerning legal issues of national interest. http://www.bc.edu/schools/law/lawreviews/bclawreview/
Extractions: The Boston College Law Review is the oldest scholarly publication at Boston College Law School. The Review publishes articles concerning legal issues of national interest. In deference to the other reviews at the law school, however, the Review generally does not publish articles that focus exclusively on topics of third world, environmental or international law. The Review publishes five issues each year that include articles and essays written by prominent outside authors (such as Professor Edward Imwinkelried, Reverend Jesse Jackson, and Judge Leon Higginbotham). The following provides an example of the Review s range of subject matter. Anthony Thompsons Navigating the Hidden Obstacles to Ex-Offender Reentry suggested ways in which the legal community might help manage the post-incarceration lives of ex-offenders; it was published as the lead article in the March 2004 issue of the Review . Justice Breyer cited it in his dissenting opinion for Blakely v. Washington
Extractions: -view paper- Adrienne Lockie details how mandatory child abuse reporting harms women with children who are fleeing abusive relationships and argues that attorneys should be exempt from mandatory child abuse reporting. She also frames the problem of mandatory reporting within the current legal debate over penalizing battered mothers for exposing their children to domestic violence. Foster Children Paying for Foster Care: Unresolved Questions After Keffeler
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION laws against newsgathering and that First Amendment protection applies The legal issues surrounding liability for newsgathering are very complex. http://www.rtnda.org/foi/ipn.shtml
Extractions: In Pursuit of the News By Kathleen Kirby, for Communicator , October 1998 Do journalists have the same freedom to gather as to disseminate news? Many journalists assume that First Amendment protections apply as forcefully to the former as to the latter. It only makes sense, right? After all, how could the press be expected to fulfill its constitutionally protected role as public informer without the constitutionally protected ability to gather information? The answer is not that simple. And the question is figuring ever more prominently in the lives of journalistsand their lawyersparticularly because of those who would characterize the press as persecutor, rather than protector, of the public interest. The "hot" legal questions these days, both in electronic and print journalism, center not around publication or broadcast, but on the newsgathering process itself. Ride-alongs, hidden cameras, secret taping, deceptive practices, invasion of privacy and so-called persistent or aggressive behavior by journalists looking for a story have loomed large in lawsuits, legislation and public debate involving the media during the past year. What you say is protected; how you get the information is not
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Working With The Courts In Child Protection : The Child As A Witness Special Legislative Provisions for the protection of Child Witnesses. Many Stateshave passed special laws to protect child witnesses in the courtroom. http://nccanch.acf.hhs.gov/pubs/usermanuals/courts/courtsk.cfm
Extractions: Table of Contents Additional Acknowledgment Preface Acknowledgments Overview Of The Manual 4 - The Criminal Court Process 7 - Pretrial Caseworker Preparation 9 - Testifying In Court 10 - The Child As A Witness Glossary Notes Selected Bibliography Other Resources next To provide trustworthy evidence to courts, the legal system requires that all witnesses who testify in court must be competent. Some States impose a specific age requirement for child witnesses. Under Federal law and in many States, all witnesses, even young children, are presumed competent to testify. The test for competency requires that the witnesses have sufficient intelligence, understanding, and ability to observe in order to recall and communicate information, comprehend the seriousness of taking an oath, and appreciate the necessity of telling the truth. When the witness is a child, the judge or attorneys may question the child in what is known as a voir dire process. The purpose of this process is to ascertain that the child:
Remarks Of Jonathan Hecht Prior witnesses before this Commission have described the progress that China has The scholars at these law schools and at legal think tanks represent a http://www.cecc.gov/pages/hearings/041102/hecht.php
Extractions: Thank you Senator Baucus, Congressman Bereuter, and the other members of the Commission for inviting me to speak here today. As Congress recognized in establishing this Commission, it is vitally important that China make progress on human rights. This is important first and foremost for Chinese themselves, who have long lived under political systems that denied them fundamental freedoms and are now navigating a difficult transition toward a market economy and, hopefully, a more open society. But it is also important for the rest of the world. China's emergence as a global power is one of the most important geopolitical events of our lifetimes. It is essential that the China that emerges from this process is one that respects individual liberties and its internationally binding commitments on human rights. Progress on human rights in China is also vital to the United States. Our relationship with China is one of our most important bilateral relationships. It cannot be truly cooperative until the human rights situation in China improves. These new laws contain serious flaws in conception and face many obstacles in implementation. Reformers within China are working to highlight these problems and to press for further change. In the meantime, Chinese themselves are making increasing use their expanded legal system. The number of cases in the Chinese courts, including successful suits against the state, has risen dramatically in the last decade. In addition, new groups have emerged to advocate for improved legal protection of rights, often through legal aid centers for women's rights or administrative litigation or the environment. As this shows, legal reform and other developments in China are creating increased rights consciousness and higher expectations for the legal system. This is a very important trend, for law should not only foster respect for human rights. It should also be a means by which individuals can demand respect for human rights.
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Presentation By Mr. Jallow witness protection and security remain areas of great concern. The legalbasis for the cooperation of states with the ICTR is provided in paragraph http://www.ictr.org/ENGLISH/colloquium04/jallow.htm
Extractions: CHALLENGES OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE: THE ICTR EXPERIENCE By Hassan B. Jallow, Chief Prosecutor, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda Introduction Let me perhaps start by thanking the previous speakers for their respective presentations and useful insights as we now turn to address the challenges of the ICTR. A decade after the genocide in Rwanda , ICTR is poised to complete its mandate and close down by the end of 2010. By Resolutions 1503 (2003) and 1534 (2004) the UN Security Council adopted a Completion Strategy requiring the conclusion of investigations by the end of 2004, the conclusion of trials by the end of 2008 and the conclusion of appeals- hence closure- by the end of 2010. This Colloquium provides us with an opportunity to reflect on the numerous and varied challenges which the ICTR has confronted over the years and on the particular challenges that the ICTR is facing at this time as its mandate draws to a close. As with other cases of mass violations of human rights and international humanitarian law, the genocide in Rwanda continues to present exceptional legal and logistical challenges due to the huge numbers of victims, witnesses, incidents, and evidentiary documents involved, as well as the legal complexities of the various crimes in question. Such challenges have been compounded by jurisprudential and other challenges flowing from the nature of the ICTR as an international ad hoc tribunal, calling for building of a special judicial institution without precedent. While the challenges have varied with time so must the successes and failures be
