Nolo's encyclopedia of everyday law : answers to your most frequently asked legal questions / by Shae Irving & Nolo editors.
Publication details: Berkeley, CA : Nolo, c2005.Edition: 6th editionDescription: 1 v. (various pagings) : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:- 1413301894 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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Table of content
1. Houses
Buying a house
Selling your house
Deeds
2. Neighbors
Boundaries
Fences
Trees
Views
Noise
3. Landlords and tenants
Leases and Rental agreement
Tenant selection
Housing disagreements
Rent and security deposits
etc
4. Workplace rights
Fair pay and time off
Workplace health and safety
Workers' compensation
Discrimination
Harassment
Workplace privacy
etc
5. Small businesses
Before you start
Legal structure for small businesses
Nonprofit corporation
Small business taxes
etc
6. Patents
Qualifying for a patent
Obtaining a patent
Enforcing a patent
Putting a patent to work
How patents differ from copyrights and trademarks?
7. Copyrights
Copyright basics
Copyright ownership
Copyright protection
Copyright registration and enforcement
8. Trade marks
Types of trademarks
Trade marks protection
Using and enforcing Trade marks
Conducting Trade marks search
Registering a trademark
How Trademarks differ from copyrights?
9. Your money Purchasing goods and services
Using credit and charge cards
Using an ATM or Debit cards
Strategies for repaying Debts
Dealing with the IRS
Debt collections
Bankruptcy
Rebuilding credit
10. Cars and driving
Buying a new car
Leasing a car
Buying a used car
Financing a vehicle purchase
Insuring your car
etc
11. Wills and estate planning
Wills
Probate
Executors
Avoiding probates
Living trust
etc
12. Health care directives and powers of attorney
Health care directives
Durable powers of attorney for finances
Conservatorships
13. Older Americans
Social security Medicare
Retirement plans
14. Spouses and partners
Living together-Gray and straight
Domestic partnership and civil unions
Premarital agreements
Marriage
Divorce
Domestic violence
etc
15. Parents and Children Adopting a child
Adopting a child
Stepparent adoption
Adoption rights: Birth , parents. grandparents and children
Child support
Guardianship of children
16. Courts and mediation
Representing yourself in courts
Small claims court
Mediation
Finding and working with a lawyer
17. Criminal law and procedure
Criminal laws and procedure: An overview
If you are questioned by the police
Searches and seizures
Arrests and interrogations
Bail
Getting a lawyer
Includes index.
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