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Sending a teenager to a flagship state university for four years of on-campus living costs more than $100,000 in many parts of the United States. Many private colleges cost triple that. Lieber helps families navigate this journey, which has been compounded by a global pandemic and the resulting chaos in higher education. He asks the questions most parents don't know (or are afraid) to ask, and summarizes the research about what matters and what doesn't....
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841—1935) is generally considered one of the two greatest justices of the United States Supreme Court, Chief Justice John Marshall being the other. In more than 2000 opinions, he delineated an impressive legal philosophy that profoundly influenced American jurisprudence, particularly in the area of civil liberties and judicial restraint. At the same time, his abilities as a prose stylist earned him a position among the...
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No cabe duda de que el derecho de las obligaciones constituye un área medular dentro del derecho civil y el derecho en general. Esta obra representa un esfuerzo por sintetizar las ideas esenciales de la materia, en relación a la normativa que brinda al respecto el Código Civil de 1984. El lector podrá conocer a través de estas páginas los aspectos más importantes contemplados en el referido cuerpo normativo. Se trata de un primer acercamiento...
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Contracts play a fundamental role in modern society, particularly in a commercial setting, as they protect the interests of the parties to an agreement.
Who is the Course Designed for?
Agreements feature in many areas of life, especially following the rise of the internet and e-commerce.
Many people are doing business online for a living and shall prepare and enter agreements with online consumers, partners and suppliers.
Other people work in...
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From ancient ages, the commercial transactions were taking place under the customs regulating the subject and the obligations of parties etc.. These customs culminated into the Law of contracts, when the same was codified. The Law of Contracts in India defines Contract as an agreement enforceable by law, which offers personal rights, and imposes personal obligations, which the law protects and enforces against the parties to the agreement. The general...
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It's time for subcontractors to Quit Getting Screwed. Every day, subcontractors across all trades face the same critical dilemma:
Should I sign a subcontract I don't understand-one that might even put my company at risk? Or should I refuse to sign and lose the job? Attorney Karalynn Cromeens wrote Quit Getting Screwed to help every subcontractor, no matter how big or how small, understand what those subcontracts mean.
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Do you know why I pulled you over? That is the epitome of a rhetorical question, and an estimated 100,000 people hear those eight words every day in the United States for scoring a speeding ticket. Some of those tickets may be unwarranted, but only 5 percent of folks try to contest their ticket. Luckily, there is a way you can successfully fight in traffic court without dishing out the dough for an attorney. How to Win Your Case In Traffic Court Without...
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"Winner of the 2014 Scribes Book Award, The American Society of Legal Writers" Margaret Jane Radin is the Henry King Ransom Professor of Law at the University of Michigan and the William Benjamin Scott and Luna M. Scott Professor of Law, emerita, at Stanford University. Radin is the author of Reinterpreting Property and Contested Commodities.
Why the increasing use of boilerplate is eroding our rights
Boilerplate-the fine-print terms and conditions...
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Small claims court is a place where some look to level the playing field against individuals, businesses, or partnerships that have wronged them in the past. Thousands of Americans end up there each year. Many people cannot afford the cost of a lawyer to ensure a solid case and as a result, are left out in the cold. Small claims courts are not nearly as simple as those television judges make it seem: fixing problems in 30 minutes on dramatized shows....
10) Zero history
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Blue Ant trilogy volume 3
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Former rock singer Hollis Henry and ex-addict Milgrim, an accomplished linguist, are at the front line of a sinister proprietor's attempts to get a slice of the military budget. When a Department of Defense contract for combat-wear turns out to be the gateway drug for arms dealers, they gradually realize their employer has some very dangerous competitors--including Garreth, a ruthless ex-military officer with lots of friends. Set largely in London...
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"Whether you're an independent contractor or a business hiring independent contractors to work for you, it's important to your deal in writing. A written agreement will help to protect your rights, define expectations, and prove that there's no employer-employee relationship. Here you'll find specific agreements for many types of independent contractors and freelancers, including salespeople, accountants, software consultants, and construction contractors...
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Two friends in their early twenties living in Miami Beach during the Iraq War exploit a little-known government initiative that allows small businesses to bid on U.S. Military contracts. Starting small, they begin raking in big money and are living the high life. But the pair gets in over their heads when they land a 300 million dollar deal to arm the Afghan Military.
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En Derecho civil se entiende por actos y contratos irregulares aquellos cuya esencia exige un objeto infungible, pero que su autor o partes expresamente y sin propósito de simulación, hacen recaer sobre fungibles. En este interesante libro, el destacado jurista Alejandro Guzmán Brito, ofrece un análisis profundo y actualizado sobre la teoría general de la irregularidad y un examen en detalle de este tipo de operaciones.
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Self-Help Guides to the Law™ explain the law in clear, concise terms to a popular audience of non-lawyers. Summarizing the key areas of the law with which readers are most likely to come into contact, the Guides broadly outline the statutes and cases that govern landlord-tenant relations, personal injury, contracts, family law, criminal law and constitutional law and procedure.
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An excellent companion to any United Kingdom Contract Law course!Pulling together the important concepts, issues, cases, statutes, and terms in one place, this book is the perfect revision and study companion. Use it in parallel with your course lectures and textbooks, use it for periodic reviewing of the material, and then use it for exam revision.Including the latest state of the law as of 2018, this book is an essential tool for passing your LLB...
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Los continuos avances tecnológicos, la proliferación de una fuerza de trabajo global, junto a cambios demográficos y sociales que afectan a las comunidades en general, son factores claves que han revolucionado el mundo laboral. Del mismo modo, las relaciones laborales también han diversificado sus prácticas y modos de trabajo, lo que sin dudas también genera nuevos desafíos en materia de derechos y obligaciones, tanto de trabajadores como empleadores....
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Esta obra aborda en forma integral la compleja problemática de la regulación de los contratos internacionales en el derecho argentino. Evitando los desarrollos teóricos clásicos, las referencias históricas y los fundamentos filosóficos, la autora proporciona herramientas prácticas para que el operador jurídico pueda determinar con facilidad en qué casos los jueces argentinos podrían ser competentes y cuál derecho aplicarían ante una controversia...
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Un manuel pour comprendre les fondements du système immobilier.
Ce manuel a pour but de retracer le circuit d'un acte de vente immobilière depuis l'ouverture du dossier avec la mise en vente d'un bien jusqu'à la clture du compte client après la signature de l'acte authentique et la publication de l'acte au service de publicité foncière. Tous les contrats liés au droit immobilier sont étudiés: mandat de vente, promesse unilatérale de vente,...
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The landmark political treatise that refuted the so-called divine right of kings and established the principles of representative government "Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains." With these stirring words, Jean-Jacques Rousseau begins The Social Contract-the first shot in a battle of ideas that would set the stage for the American War of Independence and the French Revolution. In the feverish days of the Enlightenment, Rousseau...
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