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  • USA: Putting Your Questions Into Legal Categories, Chapter 4

    This chapter shows how to organize your legal question into the conceptual categories used by publishers of law books and websites, a necessary and preliminary step to finding appropriate background resources (which are covered in the next chapter). Second, this chapter introduces you to some techniques for using legal indexes. legal indexes are most commonly…

  • Damages

    Definition of Damages The award by court or prior mutual agreement for a breach of contract. In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Damages : A sum of money awarded by a court as compensation for a tort or a breach of contract. Damages are usually a […]

  • Damages

    Definition of Damages The award by court or prior mutual agreement for a breach of contract. In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Damages : A sum of money awarded by a court as compensation for a tort or a breach of contract. Damages are usually a […]

  • Contributory Negligence

    Definition of Contributory Negligence In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Contributory Negligence : A person's carelessness for his own safety or interests, which contributes materially to damage suffered by him as a result partly of his own fault and […]

  • Criminal Law

    General Principles Crime and sentence There is a main entry about this section in the Encyclopedia. The definition of a crime There is a main entry about this section in the Encyclopedia. The classification of offences There is a main entry about this section in the Encyclopedia. The […]