WASHINGTON STATE‚ SNOHOMISH COUNTY COURT DISTRICT 1. What is the maximum dollar amount of a small claims case? The maximum dollar amount of a small claims case that can be filed in Snohomish County cannot exceed $5‚000. http://www1.co.snohomish.wa.us/Departments/District_Court/SmallClaimInformation.htm Paragraph one “Who can sue and be sued?” updated August 21‚ 2012 accessed January 17‚ 2014. 2. Can the small claims court impose equitable relief (non monetary relief such as an injunction
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Canda‚ Lucille Ann Carreon‚ Joseph Valerian Timtim‚ Kimberly Loide Viernes‚ Gerald Paul Nature of Law Legal Positivism There are a lot of theorists who pioneered in the concept of Legal Positivism.But among them are two leading theorists who mainly contributed on this idea and further argued on each other’s respective opposite views. One of which is John Austin‚ who holds that legal positivism is the nature of law which deals with the existence and contents of law based on social facts and
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Legal factors Legal factors are those that impact businesses in a legal way. The legal factors would be ranked and analysed. They include: providing a framework for businesses‚ consumer protection and employment law‚ ensuring fair and honest trading. PROVIDING FRAMEWORK FOR BUSINESSES This law is very important because it gives businesses legal protection and also gives them some degree of certainty as to what the business has to gain and loss in extreme cases such as business bankruptcy
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Political and Legal Assignment 2 1. The First Amendment is the freedom of speech‚ the Fourth Amendment is search and seizure‚ the Fifth Amendment is fair proceedings‚ and the Fourteenth Amendment is anti-discrimination. A. The First Amendment grants all the freedom of speech and protects people who do. Items of everyday normality like “table talk” and “tailboard” criticisms are legitimate uses of free speech and regulations against them would not stand up. The display of items on a uniform are
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IMPORTANCE OF LEGAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY IMPORTANCE OF LEGAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY Legal research is the crux and the very foundation of all legal works. It commences with an analysis of the facts of a case‚ after which issues are framed and then background information and other relevant materials are collected with regard to each issue. The next step involves organizing the collected materials and assessing it following which one arrives at conclusions. While researching due importance
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When most people think of marijuana‚ they imagine a teenager down in his basement getting high while his friends play video games. What people do not know is that the teenager had just got back from chemotherapy and found that smoking marijuana was the only way to stop himself from feeling nauseous. When people hear stories like this they do not know what to think about medical marijuana. It is therefore very important to look in depth at the effects and potential uses for this trending medicine
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LEGAL WRITING 201 30 SUGGESTIONS TO IMPROVE READABILITY OR HOW TO WRITE FOR JUDGES‚ NOT LIKE JUDGES JUDGE MARK P. PAINTER OHIO FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS Legal Writing 201 JUDGE MARK P. PAINTER OHIO FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS TAFT LAW CENTER 230 EAST NINTH STREET CINCINNATI‚ OHIO 45202 513-946-3444 – FAX 946-3411 mpainter@cms.hamilton-co.org www.judgepainter.org ........................................................... Introduction to Legal Writing ...............
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Models for the Analysis of Legal Argumentation EVELINE T. FETERIS Department of Speech Communication‚ Argumentation Theory and Rhetoric University of Amsterdam Spuistraat 134 1012 VB Amsterdam Netherlands e.t.feteris@uva.nl Introduction In their classical works on argumentation the philosophers Chaïm Perelman and Stephen Toulmin presented the procedures and practices of legal reasoning as a model for a rational practice of argumentation. In the 50 years since the publication of Perelman and
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generally agree that paralegals may not: a. Give legal advice; e. Plan strategy; f. Make legal decisions; or g. Chart directions of a case The National Association of Legal Assistant (NALA) Code of Ethics and Professional Responsibility: Canon 3: A legal assistant must not (a) engage in‚ encourage‚ or contribute to any act which could constitute the unauthorized practice of law; and (b) establish attorney-client relationships‚ set fees‚ give legal opinions or advice or represent a client before
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The growth of ’legal transnationalism’‚ that is‚ the reach of law across nation-state borders and the impact of external political and legal pressures on nation-state law undermines the main foundations of sociology of law. Modern sociology of law has assumed an ’instrumentalist’ view of law as an agency of the modern directive state‚ but now it has to adjust to the state’s increasingly complex regulatory conditions. The kind of convergence theory that underpins analysis of much legal transnationalism
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