Gale encyclopedia of everyday law /
Batten, Donna,editor.
Credo Reference (Firm),distributor.
The Gale Encyclopedia of Everyday Law provides information and resources to help users answer their legal questions, and outlines their rights and recourses, as well as consequences, under the law. It also provides a general background and explanation of legal issues and educates the user on federal and state/local laws, statutes, cases, and regulations and Constitutional protections.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references.
Contributors -- Introduction -- Overview of the American legal system -- Americans with Disabilities Act -- Attorneys -- Banking -- Business law -- Civil rights -- Consumer issues -- Courts and procedures -- Criminal law -- Dispute resolution alternatives -- Education -- Estate planning -- Family law -- First Amendment law -- Health care -- Homeland security -- Immigration -- Intellectual property -- Internet -- Labor law -- Motor vehicles -- Real estate -- Retirement and aging -- Taxes -- Telecommunications -- Tort and personal injury actions -- Travel -- State/Federal agencies and national organizations contacts -- Glossary.
The Gale Encyclopedia of Everyday Law provides information and resources to help users answer their legal questions, and outlines their rights and recourses, as well as consequences, under the law. It also provides a general background and explanation of legal issues and educates the user on federal and state/local laws, statutes, cases, and regulations and Constitutional protections.
Description based on title page of print version.
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