Magill's Legal Guide

by Hall, Timothy L.; Rasmussen, R. Kent

• ISBN13: 9780893561673
• ISBN10: 0893561673
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-09-01
• Publisher: Salem Pr Inc

Table of Contents

Federal Judicial system	343	(1)
Felony	344	(3)
Fiduciaries	347	(1)
Fifth Amendment	347	(1)
Films about the legal professions	348	(5)
Fish and game laws	353	(3)
Foreclosure	356	(1)
Foreign travel	357	(3)
Forgery	360	(1)
Foster parents	360	(1)
Franchise businesses	361	(2)
Fraud	363	(2)
Freedom of information request	365	(1)
Freedom of press	366	(4)
Freedom of religion	370	(4)
Freedom of speech	374	(4)
Frivolous lawsuits	378	(1)
Funerals	378	(2)
Future estate	380	(2)
Gag order	382	(1)
Gambling, illegal	382	(2)
Gambling, legal	384	(3)
Garnishment	387	(1)
Graffiti	388	(2)
Grand jury	390	(1)
Grandparents' rights	391	(1)
Green cards	392	(1)
Grievance committees for attorney discipline	393	(1)
Gun laws	393	(5)
Habeas corpus	398	(1)
Hate crime statutes	399	(1)
Health and disability insurance	399	(4)
Hearing	403	(1)
Hearsay	403	(1)
Hit-and-run accident	404	(1)
Home businesses	404	(3)
Home buying	407	(3)
Home ownership	410	(3)
Home schooling	413	(2)
Home selling	415	(3)
Homeowner insurance	418	(2)
Homestead	420	(1)
Homicide	421	(4)
Hospitals	425	(3)
Ignorance of the law	428	(1)
Immigration and Naturalization Service	428	(3)
Immigration law	431	(5)
Impeachment of judges	436	(1)
Import permits	437	(1)
Income taxes	438	(3)
Indemnity	441	(1)
Indictment	441	(1)
Industrial espionage	442	(1)
Informants	443	(1)
Inheritance tax	444	(1)
Injunction	444	(1)
Innocence, presumption of	445	(1)
Inquest	446	(1)
Insanity defense	446	(1)
Installment sales contract	447	(1)
Institutionalization	448	(1)
Insurance adjustors	449	(1)
Insurance defense	450	(1)
Insurance fraud	451	(1)
Insurance law	452	(2)
Insurance triangle	454	(1)
Intangible asset	455	(1)
Interest on attorney trust accounts	455	(1)
Internal Revenue Service	456	(1)
International Law	457	(3)
International tribunals	460	(1)
Internet	461	(2)
Interpol	463	(1)
Intestate succession	464	(2)
Jaywalking	466	(1)
Joint and several liability	466	(1)
Joint tenancy	466	(1)
Judges	467	(2)
Judgment proof	469	(1)
Judicial appointments and elections	470	(2)
Judicial bias	472	(3)
Judicial clerks	475	(1)
Judicial conduct code	476	(1)
Judicial confirmation hearings	476	(1)
Judicial review	477	(1)
Juries	478	(3)
Jurisdiction	481	(1)
Jurisprudence	482	(1)
Jury duty	483	(3)
Jury nullification	486	(1)
Jury selection	487	(3)
Jury sequestration	490	(1)
Juvenile criminal proceedings	490	(4)
Juvenile delinquency	494	(6)
Kidnapping	500	(3)
Labor law	503	(3)
Labor unions	506	(4)
Landlords	510	(1)
Landlord's lien	511	(1)
Larceny	512	(1)
Law enforcement	512	(4)
Law firm partners and associates	516	(1)
Law firm partnership tracks	517	(1)
Law firms	518	(1)
Law libraries	519	(2)
Law reviews	521	(3)
Law School Admission Test	524	(1)
Law-school rankings	524	(1)
Law-school student demographics	525	(2)
Law-student clerks	527	(1)
Law teaching	528	(2)
Lawsuits	530	(4)
Leases	534	(2)
Legal clinics	536	(1)
Legal degrees	537	(2)
Legal education	539	(4)
Legal guardians	543	(1)
Legal honor societies	544	(1)
Legal immunity	545	(1)
Legal secretary	545	(1)
Legal services plans	546	(1)
Legal treatises	546	(1)
Legalese	547	(1)
Legislative counsel	548	(1)
Lemon laws	549	(1)
Lesser included offense	550	(1)
Liability, civil and criminal	551	(1)
Liability of attorneys to nonclients	551	(1)
Libel	552	(1)
Lien	552	(1)
Life insurance	553	(2)
Literature about the legal professions	555	(7)
Litigation expenses	562	(1)
Living wills	563	(1)
Loans, business	564	(1)
Loans, personal	565	(2)
Loitering	567	(1)
Long arm statute	567	(1)
Louisiana law	568	(1)
Mail-order buying	569	(3)
Malpractice, legal	572	(1)
Manslaughter	573	(1)
Marital property and debts	574	(1)
Marital separation	575	(1)
Maritime law	575	(2)
Marriage	577	(2)
Marriage, same-sex	579	(1)
Marshals Service, U.S.	580	(1)
Martial Law	581	(1)
Mechanic's lien	582	(1)
Mediation	583	(1)
Medicaid	584	(1)
Medical examiners	585	(1)
Medical malpractice	586	(2)
Medical records	588	(1)
Medical treatment, consent for	589	(2)
Medicare	591	(1)
Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund	592	(1)
Mexican business law	592	(4)
Mexican law	596	(3)
Mexican travel	599	(3)
Military attorney	602	(1)
Military law	602	(2)
Military police	604	(1)
Military tribunals	605	(1)
Minimum fee schedules	606	(1)
Minimum wage laws	606	(2)
Miranda rights	608	(2)
Misdemeanor	610	(1)
Mistrial	611	(1)
Mock trials	612	(1)
Model Rules of Professional Conduct	613	(1)
Moot court	613	(1)
Moral turpitude	613	(1)
Mortgages	614	(3)
Multiple jurisdiction offenses	617	(1)
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund	618	(1)
Name changing	619	(1)
Negligence	620	(1)
Negotiable instrument	621	(2)
Neighbor problems	623	(1)
Night court	623	(1)
No-contact rule	623	(1)
No-fault insurance	624	(1)
Nolo contendere plea	624	(1)
Nonprofit organizations	625	(2)
Notary public	627	(1)
Nursing homes	628	(2)
Objection	630	(1)
Occupational health and safety	630	(4)
Officers of the court	634	(1)
Opinion	634	(1)
Organ donation	635	(2)
Palimony	637	(1)
Pandering	637	(1)
Paralegals	638	(2)
Pardon	640	(1)
Parental divorce	640	(1)
Parental responsibility for children	641	(2)
Parole	643	(3)
Parole officers	646	(1)
Partnerships	647	(3)
Passports	650	(2)
Patents	652	(3)
Paternity	655	(1)
Patients' rights	656	(2)
Pensions	658	(4)
Perjury	662	(1)
Personal injury attorneys	663	(2)
Personal injury law	665	(4)
Personal property	669	(1)
Personal recognizance	670	(1)
Pets	671	(3)
Pickpocketing	674	(1)
Pilot licenses	674	(2)
Plea	676	(1)
Plea bargain	677	(1)
Police	678	(5)
Police detectives	683	(2)
Political campaign contributions	685	(1)
Power of attorney	686	(1)
Precedent	687	(1)
Preliminary hearing	687	(1)
Prenuptial agreements	688	(1)
Principals (criminal)	689	(1)
Principals and agents	690
Topics by Subject Category	xiii