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Category: Legal Profession

  • Wikipedia in the Courtroom

    Wikipedia in the Courtroom Is Wikipedia a reference in the courtroom? In “The Citation of Wikipedia in American Judicial Opinions” , LEE F. PEOPLES, from Oklahoma City University School of Law (LSN Law & Society: The Legal Profession Vol. 3 No. 30, 10/14/2008) says that Wikipedia has been cited almost 300 times in American judicial…

  • List of Law Report Abbreviations in the 19th Century

    Abbreviations Law Reports List List of Law report abbreviations in the 19th Century This List of Law report abbreviations in the 19th Century is based mainly from several resources, including the “American and English Law and Equity Reports and their Abbreviations” list at the end of the Ballantine Dictionary A. ft E.-Adolphus and Ellis Reports,…

  • Legal Translation

    Legal Translation “The specific problems of translating legal terminology are caused by the system-specificity inherent in legal language….One should not translate from a legal language into the ordinary words of the target language,but into the legal terminology of the target language…Through comparative law, the translator of legal terminology needs to find an equivalent in the…

  • List of Law Publishers in the World

    List of Law Publishers in the World Note: there are a most comprehensive list in the Resources section. Domination of the legal information market Over the last decades, more in some countries (United States, United Kingom, Spain) than others, many of the smaller, independent legal publishers have been acquiring by major legal and non-legal publishing…

  • Forensic Sciences

    Forensic Sciences Forensic Science is any scientific methodology used for the purposes of the search, identification, preservation, and analysis of evidence. It offers an intersection of science and law. Forensic Sciences in the United States Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals is a landmark Supreme Court case which changed the whole…

  • Forensic Sciences

    Forensic Sciences Forensic Science is any scientific methodology used for the purposes of the search, identification, preservation, and analysis of evidence. It offers an intersection of science and law. Forensic Sciences in the United States Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals is a landmark Supreme Court case which changed the whole…

  • Legal Terms in plain English

    Legal Terms in plain English Introduction The general public does not always understand the language taught in law schools and used among lawyers. Some of them try to explain legal terms and concepts in a simple nonlegal language. Using plain English may help non-lawyers understand legal words and phrases, and a tool for lawyers when…

  • Court Reporter Intern

    Court Reporter Intern Introduction In general, courts may search for court reporter interns, determining the most suitable placement based on current area of study, skill set, career goals, maturity level and the student’s schedule. Court Reporter Intern: Transcripts of Official Activities Court reporters produce word-for-word transcripts of speeches, testimonies, meetings, legal proceedings and other official…

  • Advisers Regulation

    Regulation of advisers Professional risk management and compliance issues Main Issues here include: Anti-money laundering Sanctions Bribery and corruption Engagement letters and terms of business in a multijurisdictional context; Data protection and information security risks; Conflicts and confidentiality; Professional indemnity insurance cover; Referral and outsourcing arrangements; Design and implementation of risk management approaches, systems and…

  • Murdoch’s Dictionary of Irish Law

    Murdoch’s Dictionary of Irish Law Introduction The Dictionary of Irish Law was first written to be a reference book that gives the reader a definition of the principal words and phrases encountered in Irish law. The dictionary fills that gap by providing a definition of key words, giving in most instances the legal source of…

  • All Contents

    All Contents Regions: World Law | United States | Europe | Asia | Latin America | Africa | Australia | Canada | UK Featured Entries by Regions: World Law | United States | Europe | Asia | Latin America | Africa | Australia | Canada | UK Legal Subject Areas Our Indexes of the Encyclopedia…

  • French Law Court Reports

    Law reports in France Official Report There is only one “official”series of French law reports, or at least it is the most important and widely used, the “Bulletin des arrêts de la Cour de Cassation. – Paris: Imprimerie des Journaux Officiels, 1798-“. The Bulletin forms part of the Journal Officiel de la République française. This…

  • List of Law Practice Online Journals

    List of Law Practice Online Journals List of Jornal Titles and their ISSN: ABA child law practice 2161-0649 ABA juvenile & child welfare law reporter 0887-896X Canadian journal of Administrative law & practice 0835-6742 Child Law Practice Newsletter China law and practice 1012-6724 Cumulative Digest of United States Practice in International Law, 1981-1988 Developments in…

  • Annotations

    Annotations Annotations in General In the past they were called “glossation”, and sometimes still are called “gloss”. Annotations (abbreviations: anno. or ann.) are notes from cases, statutes, treatises, essays, articles and similar which are included in a legal text (such a law, case or treatise section). They are discussion notes or cross-references of the text…

  • Dahl’s Law Dictionary

    Dahl’s Law bilingual Dictionaries Author: Dahl, H.S. Type of Dictionary: Spanish-English/English-Spanish, and French to English/English to French Edition: third (Spanish) and second (French) edition Published: Both in Buffalo, New York. The Spanish-English/English-Spanish in 1999; the French to English/English to French in 2001. Pages: XLI+913 p and XXV+675 p ISBN: 1575884968 and 2247043178 Description In both…