Search results for: “common appearance”
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Growth Company
Growth Company Growth Company in the United States There are certain research provisions in Title I of the JOBS Act in relation to growth companies. These provisions include, among others: Analyst Communications. Section 105(b) of the JOBS Act amends Section 15D of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act” ) to prohibit the Commission…
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LegalZoom
LegalZoom Legal Challanges In the early 1970s, Nolo Press founders Jake Warner and Ed Sherman managed to pierce through some of those pretenses when they published How to Do Your Own Divorce in California, which became a best seller. More than four decades later, a Los Angeles based company, LegalZoom.com, is taking legal self-help to…
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Legal topics
Academic Legal topics Law in general Comparative and uniform law Jurisprudence Legal Periodicals Bibliography Legal Monographic series Encyclopedias of Law Dictionaries of Law Words and phrases Legal Maxims Legal Quotations Legal Yearbooks Legal Directories Legal Research Legal composition and draftsmanship Legal Education Law societies International bar associations The legal profession Legal aid Legal assistance to…
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International Court of Justice Judges
International Court of Justice The JudgesIntroduction to International Court of Justice JudgesThe court has 15 judges, each elected by an absolute majority of the Security Council and the General Assembly, voting independently of each other. The judges are elected for nine years an…
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International Court of Justice Judges
International Court of Justice The JudgesIntroduction to International Court of Justice JudgesThe court has 15 judges, each elected by an absolute majority of the Security Council and the General Assembly, voting independently of each other. The judges are elected for nine years an…
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Poor Laws
The Legal History of Poor Laws in English Common LawThis section provides an overview of Poor Laws in English Common Law ResourcesSee AlsoLegal Biography Legal Traditions Historical Laws History of Law Further Reading Poor Laws in English Common Law in the Oxford International Encyclopedia of […]
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Promulgation
Promulgation in Constitutional LawFrom the Comparative Constitutions Project: Promulgation is the act of formally proclaiming new legislation to the public. This occurs when the law receives final formal approval.
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International Court of Justice Pleadings
Citation NotesThe International Court of Justice publishes Pleadings, Oral Arguments, Documents (abbreviated 'ICJ Pleadings'), which contains documents and transmissions of the parties and the Court (such as the application instituting proceedings, submissions, minutes of oral argum…
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International Court of Justice Pleadings
Citation NotesThe International Court of Justice publishes Pleadings, Oral Arguments, Documents (abbreviated 'ICJ Pleadings'), which contains documents and transmissions of the parties and the Court (such as the application instituting proceedings, submissions, minutes of oral argum…
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Preparation for Trial
Criminal Procedure: Pretrial Events Preparation for TrialIntroduction to Preparation for TrialThe defendant is entitled to a speedy trial, although not so speedy as to deny sufficient time to prepare an adequate defense. The defendant may ask for a postponement if more time is need…
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Legal Presumption of Death
Introduction to Legal Presumption of DeathLegal Presumption of Death, rule in law that a person is deemed to have died if absent without explanation from his or her usual or last place of residence for a long, continuous period. The presumption of death arising solely from unexplained absen…
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Broadcast Media
Political Campaign How Campaigns are Conducted The Broadcast MediaIntroduction to Broadcast MediaAs in any well-formulated advertising campaign, political candidates use the media to increase their exposure to the public. In the modern campaign, extensive use of radio and televisio…
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Sentencing
Criminal Procedure: Sentencing Introduction to SentencingOnce guilt has been determined, either by verdict following a trial or by the entry of a guilty plea, the defendant must be sentenced. Generally, the trial judge imposes the sentence, which must be within the statutory limits…
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Biological Theories of Crime
Biological Theories of Crime Background The idea that crime is caused by biological defects or deficiencies in the offender was not new when advanced by Lombroso, but it received its most emphatic statement in the work of the Italian school. The most influential attack on Lombroso’s work was conducted by British criminologist Charles Buckman Goring,…
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Almudena Bernabeu
Almudena Bernabeu Garcia By Mary Jo McConahay. She is the author of Maya Roads, One Woman’s Journey Among the People of the Rainforest (Chicago Review Press). Almudena Bernabeu Garcia, 41, came to San Francisco in 1999. The U.S. Congress, responding at the time to an influx of Central American refugees fleeing civil wars and counterinsurgency…