Nolo's Encyclopedia of Everyday Law: Answers to Your Most Frequently Asked Legal Questions

by Irving, Shae

• ISBN13: 9781413305609
• ISBN10: 1413305601
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-01-15
• Publisher: NOLO PRESS

Summary

Compiled by Nolo's team of attorney-editors and written in our straightforward, plain-English style, this book provides answers to the legal questions that come up every day. Organized by topic, it steers readers clear of legal potholes involving divorce, credit, workplace rights, wills, estate planning, lemon laws, child support, criminal law, patents, copyrights and trademarks, and much more.

Author Biography

Shae Irving started at Nolo in 1994 as an author and editor specializing in estate planning and family law issues. She has helped create both books and software, including Prenuptial Agreements, Living Wills and Powers of Attorney for California, and the bestselling Quicken WillMaker Plus estate planning software. Irving graduated from Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California, Berkeley.

Table of Contents

Houses	p. 3
Neighbors	p. 19
Landlords and Tenants	p. 31
Workplace Rights	p. 51
Small Businesses	p. 89
Patents	p. 129
Copyrights	p. 143
Trademarks	p. 155
Your Money	p. 173
Cars and Driving	p. 201
Wills and Estate Planning	p. 225
Health Care Directives and Powers of Attorney	p. 249
Older Americans	p. 263
Spouses and Partners	p. 283
Parents and Children	p. 313
Courts and Mediation	p. 345
Criminal Law and Procedure	p. 377
Glossary	p. 399
Appendix: Legal Research	p. 417
Index	p. 431
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