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| Law Advisor--Corporate Law & Antitrust Law |
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| The Law Advisor will help you gain access to information regarding corporation and antitrust law. Find reports from the Securities Act of 1993 and Securities Exchange Act of 1934 with information listed in an easy to read table of contents. Read about "Securities Law" and how stocks are sold without the use of a broker. Search the Securities Lawyer's Deskbook from the University of Cincinnati College of Law for information provided to help lawyers of corporate and securities law. Finally, uncover a resource that allows a search of policy, research, and cases. |
| Topic: Corporation law; Law |
| URL: http://www.law-advisor.com/library/corporate.html |
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| Corporate Law |
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| Explore corporation law from many angles. Read over a dozen articles relating to corporation law such as those discussing insider trading, stock manipulation, giving overviews, and investigating mutual funds. Find a great source of definitions from alter ego, to limited liability to wash sale. Receive information in an easy to understand manner due to the well-written articles and access to definitions. Sponsored links are available at the bottom. |
| Topic: Corporation law; Law |
| URL: http://www.legal-database.com/corporationlaw.htm |
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| Roman Law |
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| This is the homepage for the Roman Law branch of the Law-related Internet Project at the University of Saarbrücken! These pages are dedicated to Roman Law: the legal system invented by the Romans more than 2000 years ago, which - having undergone the process of decay, revival, transformation and reinterpretation innumerable times - continues to influence legal thinking and legal practice to our days. If you are not an expert in Roman Law or Legal History, you may want to have a look at these "Questions and Answers on Roman Law". |
| Topic: Law; Rome |
| URL: http://www.jura.uni-sb.de/Rechtsgeschichte/Ius.Romanum/english.html |
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| Criminal Law |
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| What is the definition of "crime"? Find out here, as well as read an overview of criminal law, how it differs from civil cases, and the consequences of each type of case. This site discusses felonies and misdemeanors, and how each is punishable; and prosecutors, juries, and providing proof to the judge and/or jury "beyond a reasonable doubt." The site also gives links to multiple sources of the law, including the U.S. Constitution, Amendments, and other Federal Judicial decisions, and state criminal codes. |
| Topic: Constitutional law; Crime; Criminal law; Law |
| URL: http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/index.php/Criminal_law |
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| Criminal Law |
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| The American Bar Association gives the basics of criminal law, how it differs from civil law, what is a citation, the differences between a misdemeanor and a felony, and what is the standard of proof in a criminal case. Read about the police and your rights under the U.S. Constitution, including how to report a crime, how police investigate crimes, what is probable cause, and what are "Miranda" rights. Also read about rules on search and seizure, juvenile criminal cases, and victims' rights. |
| Topic: Courts; Criminal law; Law |
| URL: http://www.abanet.org/publiced/practical/criminal/home.html |
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| What Is a Tort Law? |
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| This brief explanation of tort law is intended for an audience with no legal training. Included on the site is a definition of tort law, an explanation of intentional and unintentional torts, and a description of battery, an intentional tort. A detailed discussion of assault explains the role of the intent of the attacker and the transferred intent doctrine. Also described is a tort known as false imprisonment, which involves the intentional confinement of another person. |
| Topic: Law; Torts |
| URL: http://pa.essortment.com/tortassaultbat_rktk.htm |
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| Chapter 1. General Corporation Law |
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| A well-organized list of links takes you to general, but thorough information on corporation law. Seventeen subchapters are provided with lengthy, outlined information that helps understand the law. Learn how corporations are formed, their purposes, and their general and specific powers. Find out the procedure and considerations of the sale or exchange of assets and how foreign corporation qualify to do business in the States. The last subchapter includes miscellaneous provisions that deal with taxes, fee, rights, and responsibilities. |
| Topic: Corporation law; Law |
| URL: http://www.delcode.state.de.us/title8/c001/ |
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| Space, Aviation, and Admiralty Law |
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| Find documents, articles, and links for space, aviation, and admiralty law. Information about treaties can be found in well-organized categories. Search for information under topics such as forms of transportation, and organization. Look under specific countries for articles or the many regulations, laws, and agencies of the United States. Multiple links are available for other resources, transportation associations, and Hieros Gamos related information. A links to all governments and laws of the world leads to an alphabetical list.
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| Topic: Law; Maritime law; Space law |
| URL: http://www.hg.org/transp.html |
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| 2000 Review of Developments in Corporation Law |
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| Review a report of the developments of corporation law by first examining an outlined table of contents. Each heading or subheading contains an asterisk that leads directly to that information found in the report. Following the table of contents is the actual report from the introduction to the appendix. The information is organized by the following categories: the board of directors and governance issues, liability and the third party, stock and dividends, meetings, elections, and voting, stockholder appraisal rights, sale of assets, dissolution, derivative actions, and collateral estoppels. |
| Topic: Corporation law; Law |
| URL: http://www.prickett.com/00review.htm |
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| Roman Law Resources |
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| This site provides information on Roman law sources and literature, the teaching of Roman law, and the persons who study Roman law. The site is available in English and German. Users are invited to submit to this site any materials or information which might interest other users. The pages listed under Materials give immediate access to materials on Roman and civil law and related subjects. The pages listed under Information give access to other relevant resources. The IusCivile Forum is an open discussion forum for Roman and civil law. |
| Topic: Law; Rome |
| URL: http://iuscivile.com/ |
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| Australian Law Online |
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| Are you researching Australia? Do you want to include information that other students may not cover? Then check out Australian Law Online, a site intended to make it easier for Australians to solve their legal problems. You can learn about many aspects of the law in Australia. The topics covered include accidents and compensation, business, banking and finance, children and young people, immigration and citizenship, and indigenous Australians. There are state and territory links for you to explore, too. |
| Topic: Australia; Law |
| URL: http://law.gov.au/ |
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| Law for Kids.org |
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| "LawForKids.org" is a great resource for a wealth of information about laws, legal terms, historical documents, and stories of kids who have learned about the law. Learn about laws, rights, and the people involved in protecting them. Let Jay lead you on a virtual tour of juvenile detention. Read the stories of kids and their experiences with the law concerning drinking, driving, drugs, fighting, and vandalism. Animated videos about shoplifting, drag racing, child labor laws, runaways, and more will help you understand the rules called laws. |
| Topic: Juvenile delinquency; Law; Lawyers |
| URL: http://www.lawforkids.org/ |
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| Law and Medical Ethics |
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| Medicine and law are intertwined in many ways. The intersection of these two areas is known as medical jurisprudence. The author of this website has included diagrams explaining how the law and medical ethics relate to one another. Read definitions of these concepts and learn how these different topics overlap with one another. Two medical cases are presented and followed up with discussions. Read these cases and learn about how the law impacts medical situations. |
| Topic: Law; Medical jurisprudence |
| URL: http://depts.washington.edu/bioethx/topics/law.html |
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| Chicago Teen Law |
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| Created by The Chicago Bar Association Young Lawyers Section, this website will help you understand the law and your legal rights and responsibilities. Understanding the law will help you make choices about conflicts, your first job, driving, and more. Read the stories of Max, who drove without a license; Rebecca, who went out with an older guy; Rick, who taught the bully a lesson; and Sally, whose baby won't stop crying. Go to "legal basics" to read about the federal and state court systems, learn how to read legal opinions, or to define common legal terms. |
| Topic: Courts; Law; Lawyers |
| URL: http://www.chicagoteenlaw.org/ |
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| Arbitration Law |
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| This site contains many arbitration law articles organized by subtopics: overview, arbitration, conciliation, facilitation, mediation, negotiation, and neutral assessment. The source of all this information - Legal Database.com -- bills itself as "Easy to Find" and "Easy to Understand." The information is presented in short, easy to understand paragraphs. The only negative aspect of the site is the appearance of small commercial ads at the bottom of each page. Arbitration, sometimes called Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR.) ". . . encourages creative, innovative solutions, moving away from the traditional win/lose results of adversarial proceedings." |
| Topic: Arbitration and award; Labor unions; Law |
| URL: http://www.legal-database.com/arbitration.htm |
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| Mississippi Laws About Homeschooling |
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| How is home schooling different from sending children off to a public school? The laws that surround the issue of home schooling can vary from state to state. On this web site you will be able to see what some of the laws are for home schooling in the state of Mississippi. You will see information on the subjects that must be taught, how many hours a day the children must be taught, and what kind of certification is necessary to home school a child. |
| Topic: Home schooling; Law; Mississippi |
| URL: http://www.mhea.net/laws.htm |
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| Encyclopedia of Law and Economics |
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| This comprehensive web site provides a review of law and economics literature. The reviews are about 10, 000 words a piece, with each one providing a literature review and as well as a reflection. The reviews are written in common language so that they are easy to understand. The site provides a search engine so you can easily find what you are looking for. Furthermore, a list of related web sites is available for additional research. |
| Topic: Economics; Law; Macroeconomics; Microeconomics |
| URL: http://encyclo.findlaw.com/bibsearch.html |
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| Office of the Law Revision Counsel |
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| This web site is the Official site of the Office of Law Revision Counsel. This site offers the ability to download titles and chapters of the U.S. Code or view list of titles. View classification tables listing sections of the U.S. Code affected by recently enacted laws.
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| Topic: Law; United States.--Dept. of State |
| URL: http://uscode.house.gov/ |
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| Convention on the Law Applicable to Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, The Hague 1986 |
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| Lex Mercatoria is a Web site that is concerned with international trade, commercial law and e-commerce. One of the resources that Lex Mercatoria offers is the full text of important international documents that relate to those subjects. One of those documents is the Convention on the Law Applicable to Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. The introduction provides a brief overview, and then each chapter contains several articles dealing with international sales and the contracts that govern them. |
| Topic: Business; Contracts; International law; International trade; Law |
| URL: http://www.jus.uio.no/lm/hcpil.applicable.law.sog.convention.1986/doc |
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| 1878 Military law gets new attention |
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| Have you ever heard of the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878? According to the news article at this web site, it pertains to banning the Armed Forces from participating in arrests, searches, seizure of evidence, and other police-like activity on U.S. soil. Read this article to find out why some lawmakers wish to reexamine this law and possibly over turn it. The information found in this article is easy to read and easy to understand. |
| Topic: Armed forces; Law; Military law; United States--Armed Forces |
| URL: http://www.ratical.org/ratville/CAH/linkscopy/1878PCact.html |
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| Intellectual Property Law Server |
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| The Intellectual Property Law Server is a web site that provides information about intellectual property law including patent, trademark, and copyright. Visit this site and have access to many articles and other online resources related to intellectual property law. There are discussion forums, recent news, events, surveys, and commercial advertising sections all related to intellectual property. You can also find available jobs and other postings from people in the field of intellectual property law at this web site. |
| Topic: Copyright; Intellectual property; Law; Patents; Trademarks |
| URL: http://www.intelproplaw.com/ |
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| Bankruptcy Law? |
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A transcript of The News Hour with Jim Lehrer reports on bankruptcy and the possibility of Congress' consideration to make it harder for people to declare bankruptcy. The report is presented in a dialogue format. The conversation on the topic is between reporter Tom Bearden, troubled American Shirley Nichols, Senator Charles Grassley, Attorney Bob Weed, Mallory Duncan from the National Retail Federation, Michael McGary from Visa and even more specialists and experts. The conversation is closed by Tom Bearden.
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| Topic: Bankruptcy; Law |
| URL: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/law/jan-june98/bankrupt_6-8.html |
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| North Dakota Laws About Home Schooling |
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| Today many parents are opting to home school their children instead of sending them off to the public schools. Because of this, people need to know what the rules are for home schooling a child. The laws that surround the issue of home schooling can vary from state to state, and on this web site you will be able to see the laws for home schooling in the state of North Dakota. You will see what ages a child must be to be home schooled, how many hours a day are required, and a lot of other legal information. |
| Topic: Home schooling; Law; North Dakota |
| URL: http://www.hslda.org/laws/default.asp?State=ND |
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| Treaties--International Environmental Law and Policy |
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| Did you know that there are International Treaties and Laws that protect our environment? There are treaties on: Air and Atmosphere; Oceans and Seas; Hazardous Waste; Wildlife; International Trade; and other related topics. These treaties are important because countries agree to follow the same policies and rules to protect our world. On this site you can read about some of these important treaties that affect everyone in the world. |
| Topic: Environment; Environmental ethics; Environmental law; Environmental policy; International law; International relations; Law; Treaties |
| URL: http://www.wcl.american.edu/environment/iel/treaty.cfm |
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| Guide to the Pace Database on the CISG and International Commercial Law |
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| The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods is the uniform international sales law of countries that account for two-thirds of all world trade. The Pace University School of Law provides this electronic library on the CISG that allows you to look up all sorts of information about international contracts and sales laws. Since there is a great deal of information out there regarding this law, this database is a great place to look for an organized presentation of these resources. |
| Topic: Contracts |
| URL: http://www.cisg.law.pace.edu/cisg/guide.html |