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401. BANKRUPTCY LAW
January 29, 2018
Bankruptcy helps people who cannot meet financial obligations to be excused from paying some of the debt. Bankruptcy has been in existence since ancient times. Rules and rules for filing bankruptcy in the United States are governed by the Federal government. States are normally prohibited from registering bankruptcy. There are two types of bankruptcy namely liquidation and reorganization bankruptcy. In liquidation bankruptcy, one is required to surrender all the properties which are sold and later the proceeds are distributed to the creditors where in return the credit is permanently disc... (read more)
Author: Alice Ken
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402. CANON LAW
January 29, 2018
Canon is a Greek word that simply means rules, norms or the standards. Canon comes from a Greek word kanon that denotes a straight rod which before was used for measuring stick and eventually came to mean norm or rules. Canon law has been in existed for 2000 years. Canon law is used in Catholic churches that give the order, discipline, the structure, rules, and rules to be followed. Catholic Church has two codes that is one for Latin Church and one for Eastern Catholic churches. The universal legislator for Catholic churches is the Pope and the official language of canon is Latin. Canon ... (read more)
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403. FAMILY LAW
January 29, 2018
Family law is a legal practice that concerns the family relationships such as divorce, adoption and the child custody. The family lawyers who practice family law normally deal with issues of divorce, child custody, and adoption. Though some family law lawyers deal with the other matters like emancipation, paternity and not an issue related to divorce. States have the power to determine the formal need for marriage in terms of age, legal capacity and gender. Most States do not recommend same-sex marriage. States also govern the rules to be followed during the divorce process. When studyi... (read more)
Author: Alice Ken
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404. CAR SEAT LAW
January 29, 2018
Car seat law normally varies with the State and it is somehow complicated especially when traveling to different States. The Alabama law which was updated in 2006 states that the car seat law applies to children of up to 6 years. In Alabama convertible car seat is supposed to be used until the child is 5 years. The car seat law is set by States in the United States. Car seat law is updated occasionally, therefore, is important to keep checking the laws from time to time. Parents are required to have their children in a well-installed car seat. Children must ride in an appropriate car seat i... (read more)
Author: Alice Ken
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405. DIVORCE LAW
January 29, 2018
Every nation around the world allows people to divorce under certain conditions except the Philippines. Divorceis a legal termination of the marriage. Divorce is normally handled by the family lawyer. It is recommendable to hire a lawyer who is well equipped with required knowledge of divorce. It is also advisable to hire a lawyer who you are comfortable with and who has interest in the case. Divorce involves division of the properties and children custody. Divorce is an emotional process that requires experienced people. The requirements and process of divorce differ depending on the Coun... (read more)
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406. CALIFORNIA LABOR LAWS
January 29, 2018
California labor laws allege the violation of overtime pay, discrimination, and harassment. California is known as employee-friendly State in Unite State. It has strict limits of working hours another provision which favors the workers. California labor law requires every employer to employee overtime unless there is an exemption at the rate of one and half times employee’s rate pay for hours worked for in an excess of 40 hours. The California labor laws change through a ballot initiative, the court ruling, and passage of laws. Its duty is to protect the workers. California labor code inc... (read more)
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407. FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED
January 29, 2018
Frederick Law Olmsted a member of eighteen generation was born in Hartford in 1822. He was the first to acknowledge landscape architecture as both a fine art and profession. Frederick Law Olmsted was sent by his father to receive education from the clergymen who were living in surrounding countryside. In 1837, Frederick was prevented from entering the Yale college and he spent time traveling and working as a successful farmer, writer, business person and a journalist. Frederick Law Olmsted’s landscape career started in 1857 when he won the competition for the design of the New York City ce... (read more)
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408. STATUTORY LAW
January 29, 2018
Statutory law is the written laws that are enforced by the legislative body. The statutory law normally varies with the administrative laws passed by the executive agencies and the common law. Statutory law is construed by courts while common laws are subject to the interpretation by the court. Under the statutory law, the court is not in a place to read between lines of the statute in liberalizing its application. Statutory lawis entitled to usual processes of the legislation. A bill is normally proposed and voted for, if the bill is approved, then it passes to the executive branch and if... (read more)
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409. MARITIME LAW
January 29, 2018
Maritime law is also known as admiralty law. The maritime law consists of statutes and case precedents that regulate all legal disputes that concern navigable waters. Navigable waters are water bodies used for foreign commerce or intestate. The large rivers that flow to the ocean or that cross the State line fall within the maritime jurisdiction. The factual scenarios that deals with maritime include commercial accidents that result from the damages of the cargo, the spills of hazardous materials and seamen injuries. The Jones Act set the right of the injury victims who qualify as seamen.... (read more)
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410. CALIFORNIA GUN LAWS
January 29, 2018
California gun laws are rules and regulations that regulate how firearms and ammunition are sold, possessed and used. California gun laws are very restrictive in the United States. One obtains 5-year firearm safety certificate by paying a fee of $25, then submitting applicant facts to the State and one has to pass a written test proctored by the certified instructor. Handguns sold must be legal in California that is they must be listed on the roster of the handguns certified for sale. The roster requires the manufacturers of the handgun to pay some fees and then give specific models for tes... (read more)
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411. IMMIGRATION LAW
January 29, 2018
Immigration laws are rules and regulation that govern the entrance of a certain country and how long one will be in that country. The immigration law was established by the Federal government. The Federal agencies have a duty to administer and enforce immigration laws. The lawbreakers and offenders are investigated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The legal immigration applications are normally handled by US Citizenship and Immigration Services while Border Protection keeps the border secure. Immigration law governs the process of naturalization for people who are desiring to beco... (read more)
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412. DUE PROCESS OF LAW
January 29, 2018
Due process of law is a well known constitutional guarantee that normally prevents the governments from impacting the citizens in an abusive way. The due process of law includes procedural standards that courts uphold when protecting people’s liberty. The due process of law traces its origin from Chapter 39 of the King John’s Magna Carta that provides that no freeman who will be seized. Due process of law phrase first appeared as a Magna substitute in 1354 of King Edward statute. The 5th and the 14th amendments to the constitutional guarantee that no person will be deprived of a life witho... (read more)
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413. IP LAW
January 29, 2018
The intellectual property law is a type of law that deals with rules governing the invention and designs and the artistic work. It protects the creations of human mind. Intellectual property law also enforces the legal rights of the invention, the design, and artistic work. IP law also protects the control of the intangible assets. The purpose of IP law is to help people develop the creative work that will benefit the society. The protection of the intellectual property is based on the federal patent, the copyright, and trademark as well as state laws. The patents protect the inventions ... (read more)
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414. LAWS OF EXPONENTS
January 29, 2018
Law of exponents is also called rules of exponents. The law comprises of three ideas namely how many times the number is to be used, a division which applies to negative numbers and fractional exponent. Exponents in other names are referred to as indices or powers. The exponents explain how many times the number has been used. The manipulation of exponents is one of the trickiest concepts of the algebra. When adding and subtracting with the non-like terms, you find problems since it is hard to combine them. If dealing with terms which have same variables, you are supposed to subtract the s... (read more)
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415. TY LAW
January 29, 2018
Ty law was born in early 1974. Ty Law schooled at Aliquippa school he was a football and basketball player. He played football as a wide receiver and a cornerback. Ty Law was American footballer and he played for fifteen seasons in a football league. Ty Law also played football at the University of Michigan. In the university, Ty Law earned a first-team All American honors from football foundation known as Walter Camp Football Foundation. Law later left Michigan to 1995 NFL since his grandfather was declared bankruptcy. By the time Law was completing his college career, he had 154 tackl... (read more)
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416. LAW OF DEMAND
January 29, 2018
Law of demand is a fundamental concept in economics. Demand law works hand in hand with the law of supply on explaining how the resources are allocated and to decide prices of the commodities. The elastic demand occurs if the amount changes when the price does but if the measure does not change it is called inelastic of demand. Demand law summarizes the consumer behavior on the effects of price changes. The law of demand states that all things remaining equal, as the prices of the commodity increases, the consumer demand for that commodity will decrease and vice versa. Demand can be defined ... (read more)
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417. BUSINESS LAW
January 29, 2018
Sometimes a business law is known as commercial law or mercantile law. The first step in business law is setting up a business. Every business needs legal advice as it grows. Business law is a type of law that deals with the formation of the new businesses. Business law also deals with the matters that arise in the existing businesses. This law gives rules and regulations that a business is required to follow during the operation. In order to understand business law, you have first to view business as an entity that is separate from the owners. The business law lawyers specialize in tra... (read more)
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418. LENZ'S LAW
January 29, 2018
Lenz’s law helps one to gain knowledge of electromagnetic circuits and how they obey the third Newton’s law. Lenz’s law obeys the Newton law of motion and energy conservation. Lenz’s law is named after H.F.E Lenz in 1834. In order to understand Lenz’s la, you must have a clear knowledge of Faraday’s law of induction. Lenz's law can be applied where A coil of a wire where the battery connects. Lenz’s law states that when emf is generated by a change of magnetic flux, and polarity of the induced emf is such. Lenz’s law applies to the concept of the stored magnetic energy and in electric ge... (read more)
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419. LAW ENFORCEMENT
January 29, 2018
Law enforcement is a system that describes individual and agencies that are responsible for enforcing laws and maintaining public sector. Law enforcement concept consists that of enforcing laws. Law enforcement constitutes of prevention, investigation of a crime, the apprehension, detection, and detention of the suspects. Law enforcement requires one to adhere to rules and procedures. The law enforcement is focused on the letter of the law than the spirit of the law. The main problem of law enforcement is that it is singular in the approach when responding to the effects even without consi... (read more)
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420. SHARIA LAW
January 29, 2018
Sharia law is also known as the Islamic law. The word sharia is an Arabic word that means God’s immutable divine. Sharia law is a religious law that forms part of Islamic traditions. Sharia law or Islamic law is derived from Quran and Hadith. Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi’i, Hanbali, and Jafari are the law schools that assisted in deriving sharia rulings from ijtihad. The sharia law existed since the 18th and 19th centuries. According to the Sharia law, some crimes are referred to as hudud and there are specified penalties this type of crime. Sharia evolves within the Islamic societies to address t... (read more)
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421. THE CASE LAW
January 29, 2018
CASE LAW The case law is commonly used with the term common law. It refers to precedents and the authority that was set by the earlier court rulings, the judicial and legal findings and rulings. The constitutional law, the regulatory law, and the statutory law are the main categories of law. Sometimes it becomes hard to deal with statutory laws that are created by the law bodies and to give the direction and guidance of the society. The stare decisis is a doctrine of the precedent. It simply means to stand by the decided matters and not to disturb the settled matters. This simply means t... (read more)
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422. CASE LAW
January 29, 2018
The case law is commonly used with the term common law. It refers to precedents and the authority that was set by the earlier court rulings, the judicial and legal findings and rulings. The constitutional law, the regulatory law, and the statutory law are the main categories of law. Sometimes it becomes hard to deal with statutory laws that are created by the law bodies and to give the direction and guidance of the society. The stare decisis is a doctrine of the precedent. It simply means to stand by the decided matters and not to disturb the settled matters. This simply means that the cour... (read more)
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423. ANTITRUST LAW
January 29, 2018
Antitrust law is also called competition law. The antitrust law is developed by United States government. The law protects the consumer from the predatory business practices. The protection is done by ensuring that there is the existence of fair competition in an open market economy. The antitrust law is applied to many questionable business activities and not limited to the market allocation, bid rigging, and price fixing. The first antitrust law was passed by the Congress in 1890. The Congress passed the Federal Trade Commission Act and Clayton Act. The antitrust law normally proscribes... (read more)
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424. GAUSS LAW
January 29, 2018
Gauss law is used in calculating electric fields from charged objects. The Gauss law states that the flux of an electric field through the closed surface is proportional to the enclosed electric charge. The first equation of Maxwell’s law was formulated by the Carl Friedrich Gauss in 1835. This law relates the electric field on the closed surface and the net charge that is enclosed by the surface. Electric flux is an electric field that passes through a given area that is multiplied by the area of the specified surface that is perpendicular to a certain field. The electric flux is useful i... (read more)
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425. CORPORATE LAW
January 29, 2018
Corporate laws specifically dealing with the formation and operations of the corporations. It also deals with the dissolution of the corporation. Corporation law relates to contract and commercial laws. Corporate is an entity that is created under the State law. The main aim of creating a corporate is to conduct a business. The State law varies from one State to another. The law treats the corporation as a specific person who can be sued or sue. The corporation is normally separate from its members, owners, and shareholders. The corporation performs the duties necessary for the maintenance... (read more)
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