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Legal
14th July 2008
In modern society, the role of marriage and its termination through divorce have become political issues. As people live increasingly mobile lives, the Conflict of Laws and its choice of law rules are highly relevant to determine: the circumstances in whi...
14th July 2008
In family law, Child custody and guardianship are legal terms which are sometimes used to describe the legal and practical relationship between a parent and his or her child, such as the right of the parent to make decisions for the child, and the parent'...
14th July 2008
Where paternity of the child is in question, a party may ask the court to determine paternity of one or several possible fathers, called putative fathers, based initially upon sworn statements and then upon testimony or other evidence. But sometimes, this...
14th July 2008
Summer is on its way and when the sun decides to shine nothing beats a good garden party. Getting the barbeque out of the garage, stocking up on food and drinks and buying games for the kids are all part of a British summer. However if you are thinking o...
14th July 2008
A leading headmaster has spoke out against the compensation culture and said that children should be allowed to take risks or they would become more likely to hurt themselves. The headmaster, Mr Hughes-D’Aeth’s, logic is that the rise in compensation ...
14th July 2008
MISCONCEPTION #1: A lawyer requires a down payment to accept my injury claim.
False. Most personal injury lawyers will take most injury suits for a contingency fee. This means we get paid out of the money we recover for you. If you don't win, you p...
14th July 2008
When one considers buying a property or things not ordinarily sold to the market, or custom-made items, or by special orders, it is always required that the parties enter into a sales agreement. Of course, it all starts with an offer from the buyer to th...
14th July 2008
“Motorcyclist dies after crashing into bridge”, a familiar event that is not novel in our society today. The introduction may appear bluntly shocking, but it is not!
In almost all jurisdictions, this crippling situation is quite common, in fact, i...
14th July 2008
The brain is the central information-processing organ of the body. It is the site of reason and intelligence, which include such components as cognition, perception, attention, memory and emotion.
Further, the brain plays a big role in our whole body ...
14th July 2008
Los Angeles is one of the most populous counties in the whole United States. To note, it is the home of 88 incorporated cities and many unincorporated or un-chartered areas.
With the vast populace, this part of America has marked a huge number of pers...
14th July 2008
In today’s setting, discrimination and harassment in workplaces are prevalent. As can be collected from the records coming from the courts and various administrative agencies tasked to enforce compliance with the employment laws, there appeared huge nu...
14th July 2008
When you visit a hospital you expect to dealt with by professionals and looked after accordingly. You certainly wouldn’t expect to catch any nasty viruses. If you feel you have incurred a virus or injury due to the actions (or lack of actions) by a doc...
11th July 2008
Where people from different countries get married, and one or both then choose to reside in another country, the procedures for divorce can become significantly more complicated. Although most countries make divorce possible, the form of settlement or agr...
11th July 2008
The approach to divorce varies by jurisdiction. There are two basic approaches to divorce: fault based and no-fault based.
Prior to the 1970s, divorcing spouses had to allege that the other spouse was guilty of a crime or sin like abandonment or adulter...
11th July 2008
The approach to divorce varies by jurisdiction. Among of the basic approaches to divorce is the no-fault divorce. No-fault divorce is a divorce in which the dissolution of a marriage requires neither a showing wrong-doing of either party nor any evidentia...
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