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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…
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Semantic Web and Law
Semantic Web and Law Legal Ontologies have been studied in workshops and conferences on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Law, by the AI&LAW community, for years but its results have not generated enough connections with the Semantic Web community. The legal field, which had early adopters of ontologies and semantic web technology, offers a hugue demand…
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Participants in the Administration of Justice
Participants in the Administration of Justice A central feature of Canada’s legal system is that the public has the right to obtain legal advice and be represented by a legal profession that is independent of The legal profession in Thailand has three categories: judges, public prosecutors, and lawyers. Foreign influence[edit] In 1827, Thailand, which had…
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Thesaurus of Law Genre/Form Terms
Thesaurus of Law Genre/Form Terms Subject headings have traditionally been assigned to describe the content of the work. Genre/form terms, on the other hand, describe what an item is, not what it is about. The subject heading Famous Cases, with appropriate subdivisions, would be assigned to a book about famous cases. A cataloger assigning headings…
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Dewey Decimal Classification
Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) The Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) system is one of the world’s most widely used library classification system; but not in law libraries. The four-volume print last edition includes thousands of updates added to the system over the past seven years. The electronic version, WebDewey, enhances the print updates with online updated…
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Cataloging for legal materials
Cataloging of law materials Most libraries use LC (Library of Congress) or DDC ( Dewey Decimal Classification ). Some law libraries use other classifications in conjunction with these. Like a library serving a medical school may not use LCC’s R (Medicine) but rather NLM’s (National Library of Medicine) W and late Qs, legal Canadian libraries…
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KeySearch
KeySearch What Is KeySearch? KeySearch is a research tool that helps the researcher to find cases and secondary sources; a feature which allows the legal researcher to use “pre-packaged”searches designed by Westlaw researchers for many Legal topics . According to the publisher “KeySearch is a search tool that identifies key numbers and terms based on…
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List of Tax Acronyms and Abbreviations
List of Tax Acronyms and Abbreviations List of Tax Acronyms and Abbreviations in the United States cq Notice of Acquiescence Notice as to whether the IRS will follow a court holding, derived from Actions on Decisions. Published in the Cumulative Bulletin. AOD Actions on Decisions Memoranda prepared when the IRS loses a court case that…
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Sei Fujii v. the State of California
SEI FUJII v. THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA Supreme Court of California 38 Cal. 2d 718; 242 P.2d 617 Decided: April 17, 1952 Justice GIBSON Plaintiff, an alien Japanese who is ineligible to citizenship under our naturalization laws, appeals from a judgment declaring that certain land purchased by him in 1948 had escheated to the state.…
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About Authority and Saction of International Law, Historical 2
About Authority and Saction of International Law, Historical 2 This Jus Gentium of the Imperial jurisconsults is identical with the Law of Nature, or Natural Law, of many modern ethical and juridical writers; and both are, in fact, the law of God, made known somewhat dimly to the whole human race at all times, and…
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Constitutional Text: Brazil Constitution of 1988
Constitutional Text: Brazil Constitution of 1988 CONSTITUTION OF THE FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL OCTOBER 5, 1988 Preamble We, the representatives of the Brazilian People, convened in the National Constituent Assembly to institute a democratic state for the purpose of ensuring the exercise of social and individual rights, liberty, security, well-being, development, equality and justice as…
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Constitutional Text: Argentina 1994
CONSTITUTION OF THE ARGENTINE NATION AUGUST 22ND, 1994 We, the representatives of the people of the Argentine Nation, gathered in General Constituent Assembly by the will and election of the Provinces which compose it, in fulfillment of pre-existing pacts, in order to form a national union, guarantee justice, secure domestic peace, provide for the common…
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Outline of Trust and Estates
Outline of Trust and Estates Note: this is based in United States law I. POLICY AND INTRODUCTION A. Dead Hand Control 1. Controlling consideration in determining meaning of a donative document is donor’s intention 2. Courts cannot consider wisdom, fairness, or reasonableness of donation 3. Courts can only bar donations if they are prohibited or…