Huhn introduces each concept separately, and from many parts Huhn develops an intricate and nuanced theory of what law is. Huhn also shows readers how to identify, create, attack, and evaluate the five types of legal arguments (text, intent, precedent, tradition and policy) and how to weave...
While this is true of many concepts in political theory, it is particularly acute in the sphere of rights. Are they to be understood as morallethical entities or merely legal entities? Are they aspects of legal systems or are they claims which must be respected in constructing and developing ...
Getting legal counsel as soon as you're arrested or find that you're the subject of a federal investigation allows your lawyer to have a head start on your legal defense, which could only benefit the case. Various types of sex offenses could result in a federal prosecution, and each requir...
Tort, in common law, civil law, and the vast majority of legal systems that derive from them, any instance of harmful behavior, such as physical attack on one’s person or interference with one’s possessions or with the use and enjoyment of one’s land,
Court decision:The court will then decide whether to grant or deny the injunction based on the evidence and legal arguments presented. An Example of an Injunction To better understand how injunctions work, let’s consider a hypothetical example: ...
Foreclosure action is the legal proceedings initiated by a lender in the case of mortgage default, which is initiated by the lender issuing a public notice to the borrower.
Enumerations, or enums, are special scalars that limit the legal arguments a type or field may have. This means that whenever an enum is defined in the schema, its associated type or field will be limited to the values in the enum. Enums are serialized as string scalars. Note that ...
The forensic oratory form as defined by Aristotle organizes arguments to make a charge or answer a legal challenge. Modern politicians use the forensic form, sometimes called the judicial form by modern scholars, to attempt to explain away legal charges. Then-Vice President Richard Nixon's "Check...
Each of these has a range of legal values, as well as a “zero” value that is used when you specify a really illegal value. Note that MySQL allows you to store certain “not strictly” legal date values—for example, 1999-11-31. The reason for this is that we think it’s the ...
Alison Grounds is founder and managing partner of Troutman Pepper eMerge, a subsidiary of the firm, which provides end-to-end integrated discovery services for legal matters. She launched the venture in 2012 — at what was then Troutman Sanders — when, in her work as an intellectual property...