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| | Public law - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Most laws that have penal or criminal penalties are considered to be public law as these laws are intended to protect all members of society and not just the areas of interaction that are covered by contract and tort. | | | Administrative law refers to the body of law which regulates bureaucratic managerial procedures and is administered by the executive branch of a government; rather than the judicial or legislative branches (if they are different in that particular jurisdiction). | | | However, under the Austrian constitution the distinction is of some importance, as private law is among the exclusive compentences of federal legislation, whereas public law is partly a matter of state legislation. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Law
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| | Public Law 280 |
| | Public Law 83-280 (commonly referred to as Public Law 280 or PL 280) was a transfer of legal authority (jurisdiction) from the federal government to state governments which significantly changed the division of legal authority among tribal, federal, and state governments. | | | Public Law 83-280, the 280th Public Law enacted by the 83rd Congress in 1953 (2), was a substantial transfer of jurisdiction from the federal government to the states in Indian country. | | | Public Law 280, however, differed from earlier grants of jurisdiction to the states in that it allowed every state to assume jurisdiction at their own option at any time in the future. |
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http://www.aidainc.net/Publications/pl280.htm
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| | Notary Public License Law |
| | The signature and seal of a county clerk, upon a certificate of official character of a notary public or the signature of a county clerk upon a certificate of authentication of the signature and acts of a notary public or commissioner of deeds, may be a facsimile, printed, stamped, photographed or engraved thereon. | | | In the case of an acknowledgment, the notary public certifies as to the identity and execution of a document; the affidavit involves the administration of an oath to the affiant. | | | State law which provides that certain contracts must be in writing or partially complied with, in order to be enforceable at law. |
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http://www.dos.state.ny.us/lcns/lawbooks/notary.html
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| | North Carolina Public Records Law |
| | Is disclosed or furnished to the public agency in connection with the owner's performance of a public contract or in connection with a bid, application, proposal, industrial development project, or in compliance with laws, regulations, rules, or ordinances of the United States, the State, or political subdivisions of the State. | | | The court may order such public records to be delivered to the petitioner upon finding that the materials in issue are public records and that such public records are in the possession of a person not authorized by the custodian of the public records or by law to possess such public records. | | | (4) "Violations of the law" means crimes and offenses that are prosecutable in the criminal courts in this State or the United States and infractions as defined in G.S. (5) "Complaining witness" means an alleged victim or other person who reports a violation or apparent violation of the law to a public law enforcement agency. |
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http://www.ncpress.com/publicrecordslaw.html
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| | U.S. Copyright Office - Copyright Basics (Circular 1) |
| | Public Law 105-298, enacted on October 27, 1998, further extended the renewal term of copyrights still subsisting on that date by an additional 20 years, providing for a renewal term of 67 years and a total term of protection of 95 years. | | | Publication is no longer the key to obtaining federal copyright as it was under the Copyright Act of 1909. | | | Public Law 102-307, enacted on June 26, 1992, amended the 1976 Copyright Act to provide for automatic renewal of the term of copyrights secured between January 1, 1964, and December 31, 1977. |
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http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html
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| | In any action or administrative proceeding commenced pursuant to this Act, the court or agency, in its discretion, may allow the prevailing party, other than the United States, a reasonable attorney's fee, including litigation expenses, and costs, and the United States shall be liable for the foregoing the same as a private individual. | | | (2) Publication of plan.--The Attorney General shall publish the plan referred to in paragraph (1) for public comment in accordance with subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the Administrative Procedure Act). | | | At any enforcement proceeding under this section, such certification by the Attorney General shall be rebuttable evidence that such State law or local ordinance does meet or exceed the minimum requirements of this Act. |
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http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/pubs/ada.txt
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| | public law 280 |
| | Although Public Law 280 was amended in 1968 requiring the consent of the tribe, consent was not required for states that had assumed jurisdiction up to 1968. | | | Previous to the enactment of Public Law 280, these matters were dealt with in either tribal and/or federal court. | | | Many argue that because Public Law 280 was initially enacted without the consent of the Indians affected it is inherently immoral. |
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http://www.humanities.uci.edu/IDP/nativeam/pl280.html
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| | Public Law |
| | Public law remedies are those procedures by which citizens can challenge the fairness or legality of their decisions.PLP seeks to tackle the barriers to effective and practical accountability for those who are excluded from the processes by which accountability is maintained. | | | Public law is the set of legal principles governing the exercise of power by public authorities. | | | Search within any category or area of law. |
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http://www.clickdocs.co.uk/public-law.htm
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| | Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States |
| | The court in Twin Books, however, concluded "publication without a copyright notice in a foreign country did not put the work in the public domain in the United States." According to the court, these foreign publications were in effect "unpublished" in the US, and hence have the same copyright term as unpublished works. | | | "Publication" was not explicitly defined in the Copyright Law before 1976, but the 1909 Act indirectly indicated that publication was when copies of the first authorized edition were placed on sale, sold, or publicly distributed by the proprietor of the copyright or under his authority.” | | | Unpublished works when the death date of the author is not known may still be copyrighted, but certification from the Copyright Office that it has no record to indicate whether the person is living or died less than 70 years before is a complete defense to any action for infringement. |
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http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/training/Hirtle_Public_Domain.htm
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| | Researching Public International Law |
| | The ways norms are identified as international law include agreements negotiated by the affected parties, deference to a third-party decision-maker, academic persuasion and consensus, and custom (state practice and the opinion that the practice is dictated by a legal obligation). | | | International Law case law developed within a tradition of ad hoc tribunals established by agreements to arbitrate particular disputes, and a permanent "Court of Arbitration" was established at the Hague in 1899. | | | That source of law may be important when there has not been practice by states sufficient to give the particular principle status as customary law and the principle has not been legislated by general international agreement. |
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http://www.law.columbia.edu/library/Research_Guides/internat_law/pubint
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| | European Public Law Journal: Hull Law School |
| | European Public Law is an English-language journal dedicated to the study of the European Community and the shaping of Member States' public law by the law of the European Community as well as by the Council of Europe's European Convention on Human Rights. | | | The subject area is given a broad interpretation and includes EC Law and Public Law, the Public Law of European States and other jurisdictions where relevant, including those jurisdictions which have been influenced by European legal systems, and Comparative Public Law. | | | You are here: Home » Publications » European Public Law Journal |
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http://www.law.hull.ac.uk/pubs/eplj.html
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| | Public Law Review |
| | The purpose of the Public Law Review is to provide an open and uncensored forum to legal scholars, practicing attorneys, legislators, and public interest advocates for debating current topics that are significant in the area of public interest law. | | | The Saint Louis University Public Law Review was established in 1981 as a “Specialty Journal” to address legal issues of public interest and public policy. | | | For additional information about upcoming issues of the Public Law Review, please contact us. |
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http://law.slu.edu/journals/plr.html
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| | Section of Public Contract Law Home Page |
| | Public Contract Law Journal, the public procurement periodical for lawyers by lawyers. | | | Two central themes provide the fundamental foundation for all activities of the Section of Public Contract Law: the personal, professional growth of members and the sound development of the law relating to procurement at all levels of government. | | | Welcome to the home page for the ABA Section of Public Contract Law. |
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http://www.abanet.org/contract/home.html
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| | Public International Law Resources |
| | Public International Law at the University of Western Australia is an excellent source for a variety of current information on international law issues. | | | The entire text of the Law of the Sea Convention, along with the President's Letter of Transmittal to Congress is available at theU.S. State Department's web site. | | | On a comparative basis, you may wish to look at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency site, as well as the European Environmental Law site. |
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http://faculty.babson.edu/hotchkiss/publaw.htm
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| | Public Law 107 096 |
| | 7-1831.03 et seq.), there is transferred the amount available pursuant thereto and section 404(c) of Public Law 106-554, not less than $33,254,000, to the Emergency and Contingency Reserve Funds established pursuant to section 450A of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act (Public Law 93-198; D.C. Official Code, sec. | | | (b) Records and Public Inspection.--Each entity of the District of Columbia government shall keep accurate and detailed records of the acceptance and use of any gift or donation under subsection (a), and shall make such records available for audit and public inspection. | | | Consistent with the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 1301(a), appropriations under this Act shall be applied only to the objects for which the appropriations were made except as otherwise provided by law. |
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http://www.llpoh.org/Public_Laws_of_the_107th/096.html
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| | India PIL Indian Public Interest Litigation Law Court |
| | The Indian Public Law Initiative Forum is a non-profit movement promoting the process of Public Law in India. | | | Colin Gonsalves is a prolific Public Interest litigator and has organised a vast network of grassroots legal activists into "Socio-Legal Documentation Centres" across the countryside for "combat law". | | | In the greater public interest certain copyrighted material has been used without the permission of the original copyright holder(s) after giving due credit / byline. |
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http://www.geocities.com/india_pil
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| | PSLawNet |
| | The Public Defender is seeking candidates in their third year of law school, recent graduates, or licensed attorneys. | | | The PSLawNet New User Guide is designed to match lawyers and law students with their ideal public interest and pro bono opportunities. | | | * Public Interest Law Initiative (PILI) has published its 2005 Survey of Summer Associate Pro Bono Opportunities at Chicago Law Firms. This survey, which includes more than 25 law firms, is intended to help law students better assess the pro bono climate at Chicago firms. |
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| | Washington Semester |
| | It is the foundation of laws that have stood firm for more than 200 years, yet new legal issues make it subject to constant reinterpretation. | | | Current issues confronting the republic and the processes by which decisions are made constitute the core of the program. | | | Topics you may discuss during the Public Law Semester include: |
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http://www.american.edu/washingtonsemester/2.programs/2.10PL.html
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| | Main Page - Wex |
| | Much of the material that appears in Wex was originally developed for the LII's "Law about..." pages, to which Wex is the successor. | | | Wex is an ambitious effort to construct a collaboratively-created, public-access law dictionary and encyclopedia. | | | Welcome to Wex, a collaboratively built, freely available legal dictionary and encyclopedia. |
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http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/index.php/Main_Page
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| | Public Health Law Program Home |
| | Community workshops on the law of bioterrorism emergencies and natural disasters for health care and public health attorneys. | | | A 6-unit course, developed by CDC, that covers the law of public health emergencies. | | | The Public Health Law Program Web site includes a wealth of material and links on the law of emergency preparedness. |
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http://www2a.cdc.gov/phlp
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| | Public and Private Laws: Main |
| | The database for the current session of Congress is updated when the publication of a slip law is authorized by OFR. | | | GPO Access contains the text of public and private laws enacted from the 104th Congress to the present. | | | Browse public and private laws for the 109th Congress |
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http://www.gpoaccess.gov/plaws
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| | Hardwicke Building - Public Law |
| | The decisions of many public bodies and tribunals are susceptible to review by the Courts using public law principles. | | | Members of Hardwicke Building have considerable experience and expertise in a number of Public Law areas including planning and immigration. | | | The importance of such reviews has been increased by the passing of the Human Rights Act 1998, which has introduced the scrutiny of the Courts into questions which had, hitherto, been regarded as matters of private law. |
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http://www.hardwicke.co.uk/publiclaw
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| | Lawyer, Lawyers, Attorney, Attorneys, Law Firm, Law, Legal - FindLaw for the Public |
| | Effective representation for all family law matters at a reasonable rate. | | | Lawyer, Lawyers, Attorney, Attorneys, Law Firm, Law, Legal - FindLaw for the Public | | | This site is here to help you find solutions to your legal issues by providing you with easy and comprehensive access to lawyers and legal information. |
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http://cobrands.public.findlaw.com
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| | public education law |
| | Education Lawyer, Attorney, Law - FindLaw for the Public | | | Academics 580 Public Education Law (2) Survey of existing statutory and case law relating to rights, obligations, and responsibilities of public school personnel, students, faculty, parents... | | | Federal Law on Public, Education, and Government Access TV Channels - Public... |
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http://findlawyer.org/public-education-law-.html
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| | Welcome to the Center for Law and the Public's Health |
| | Developed together with CDC's Public Health Law Program, ASTHO, and NAACHO, these voluntary checklists address interjurisdictional legal preparedness, local government public health preparedness,and civil legal liability. | | | Improving existing public health law training programs and developing new offerings, including Core Legal Competencies for Public Health Professionals, to effectively deliver legal training to public health audiences through established channels | | | The Center has released two new documents on zoning laws and and obesity through its CDC project funded by the National Center for Environmental Health. |
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http://www.publichealthlaw.net
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| | Yukon Public Law Library |
| | CanLII (legislation and case law from Yukon and across Canada) | | | Department of Justice > Court Services > Yukon Public Law Library | | | Criminal Codes, Rules of Court and Practice Directives. |
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http://www.justice.gov.yk.ca/prog/cs/library.html
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| | Our Public Law Practice Group attorneys also provide support for workers' compensation matters, employer grievances and arbitration, and labor disputes. | | | Disputes litigated by the Group include, but are not limited to, areas of employee benefits, employment law, personal injury, eminent domain, annexations or taxation issues. | | | Clients of BDB's Public Law Practice Group include governmental entities regarding compliance with laws such as Ohio's Sunshine Law, Open Records laws, environmental laws, occupational safety and health laws, ethics laws, campaign finance laws and employment laws. |
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http://www.bdblaw.com/PracticeDetail.asp?id=27
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| | The Public Law Project |
| | We are also working on developing a project on the use of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms in public law. | | | The Public Law Project is looking for legal volunteers to assist our lawyers with research and casework. | | | LPC / BVC students and graduates with an interest in public / administrative law welcome. |
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http://www.publiclawproject.org.uk
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| | P.L. 104-191 |
| | "(b) PUBLIC HEALTH.--Nothing in this part shall be construed to invalidate or limit the authority, power, or procedures established under any law providing for the reporting of disease or injury, child abuse, birth, or death, public health surveillance, or public health investigation or intervention. | | | (2) PREEMPTION.--A regulation promulgated under paragraph (1) shall not supercede a contrary provision of State law, if the provision of State law imposes requirements, standards, or implementation specifications that are more stringent than the requirements, standards, or implementation specifications imposed under the regulation. | | | Such regulations shall address at least the subjects described in subsection (b). |
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http://aspe.hhs.gov/admnsimp/pl104191.htm
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| | FindLaw for Students: Academic Law Journals and Law Reviews: Public Policy and Law Journals |
| | FindLaw for Law Students - Case Law, Federal and State Resources, Forms, and Code | | | Our free service connects you to lawyers who can help you with your case. | | | Find a Lawyer: Our free service locates Bankruptcy, Criminal, DUI, Family, Immigration, Personal Injury, Real Estate, or Trademark lawyers in your area who can help you with your legal issues. |
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http://stu.findlaw.com/journals/public_policy.html
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| | Coughlin & Gerhart, L.L.P. Public Law Practice Group |
| | The work of the Public Law Practice Group extends to many areas of the law, and the attorneys in the Group are uniquely qualified to address these overlapping areas of law. | | | The members of the Public Law Practice Group have extensive experience in adversarial proceedings in all State and Federal courts. | | | Coughlin & Gerhart, L.L.P. Public Law Practice Group |
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http://www.cglawllp.com/publaw.html
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| | Lawyer, Lawyers, Attorney, Attorneys, Law Firm, Law, Legal |
| | Lawyer, Lawyers, Attorney, Attorneys, Law Firm, Law, Legal | | | Divorce & Family Law - Divorce, Child Custody, Child Support | | | Wills, Divorce, Incorporation and More: Fast and friendly service from LegalZoom, the #1 online legal document service. |
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http://public.findlaw.com
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| | SOSIG: Law Gateway |
| | The SOSIG Law Gateway provides guidance and access to global legal information resources on the Internet.The service aims to identify and evaluate legal resource sites offering primary and secondary materials and other items of legal interest. | | | Descriptive records and links are created for legal service sites and specific documents. | | | You are here : Home > Law Home |
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http://www.sosig.ac.uk/law
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| | UK Public Law Links |
| | List of public bodies with Crown status HMSO, for purposes of Crown copyright | | | Court of Justice and Court of First Instance (European Union) | | | Select Committee on Public Administration, Fifth Report (Session 2000-2001), Mapping the Quango State, HC367. |
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http://ian.harden.net/UKpubtxt.htm
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| | Housing and public law in Scotland |
| | Judicial review is the process in the Court of Session by which those judicial, quasi-judicial, and administrative acts which are not subject to appeal are challenged. | | | Go to the Legal Aid page for the Scottish Legal Aid Handbook, downloadable or readable online, and other Legal Aid material. | | | There is an incomplete digest of recent case law on the Govan Law Centre site. |
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http://www.jonathanmitchell.info/publiclaw.html
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| | Duke University School of Law |
| | Fall issue of Duke Environmental Law Newsletter:Durwood Zaelke ’72 and Catherine Malinin Dunn JD/MEM '96 (PDF) | | | Duke Law Magazine: Duke Law in China, Distinctive Documentaries, and The Innocence Project | | | Term limits for Supreme Court justices discussed in Reforming the Court, co-edited by Professor Paul Carrington |
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http://www.law.duke.edu
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| | PUBLIC LAW |
| | A front-page article in Texas Lawyer in August 2004 also recognized Locke Liddell's unitary approach and complete public law team as “cutting edge in Texas.” Following both the 78 | | | Our lawyers have first-hand experience with public positions and organizations: | | | As federal, state and local governments become more sophisticated, the management of issues grows more complex. |
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http://www.lockeliddell.com/public/index.asp?page_id=273
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| | Notary Public Law: Alfred E. Piombino |
| | PLEASE CALL 1-800-274-6624 RESERVE A 2005 N.Y. Legal Media® and the scales of justice logo are registered trade and service marks. | | | Notary Public Handbook: Principles, Practices & Cases, National Edition | | | Notary Public Handbook: A Guide for Vermont Notaries, Commissioners & Justices of the Peace |
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http://www.notarypubliclaw.com
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| | LexisNexis - world’s largest collection of public records, unpublished opinions, forms, legal, news, and business ... |
| | From the New York Times to California Case Law, get details on sources available within LexisNexis research products. | | | LexisNexis - world’s largest collection of public records, unpublished opinions, forms, legal, news, and business information. | | | LexisNexis® provides authoritative legal, news, public records and business information; including tax and regulatory publications in online, print or CD-ROM formats. |
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http://www.lexis-nexis.com
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| | FindLaw - The Law, Lawyer, Lawyers, Attorney, Attorneys and Legal Resources |
| | FindLaw - The Law, Lawyer, Lawyers, Attorney, Attorneys and Legal Resources | | | Get help now — free, confidential, service matches you with lawyers in your area. | | | A look at an unusual lawsuit over a bill that is being unconstitutionally treated as a law, even though both Houses of Congress have not approved it. |
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http://www.findlaw.com
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| | Public Access Law Libraries |
| | State Law provides that each county have a court law library with access to the general public. | | | The majority of these libraries have case law, statutes and secondary source materials with regard to New York State law. | | | Materials are provided in print as well as online formats. |
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http://www.nycourts.gov/lawlibraries/publicaccess.shtml
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| | Public Law |
| | The Attorney General concluded that Public Law 86-272 applies only to state taxes measured by net income. | | | Thus, Public Law 86-272 does not apply to the Tennessee franchise tax, which is measured by a taxpayer's net worth. | | | Returns must be filed with the department on or before the 15th day of the fourth month following the close of the taxpayer's tax year. |
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http://www.state.tn.us/revenue/publiclaw.htm
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| | Public Law [UC Hastings College of the Law] |
| | Environmental Justice: A Review of State Responses, December 2000 | | | Public Law [UC Hastings College of the Law] | | | Founded by Professor Julian Levi at Hastings College of the Law in 1983, the Public Law Research Institute analyzes legal issues that currently confront California's state and local governments, at the request of various state and local governmental offices, including the California Senate Office of Research and the Research Bureau of the California State Library. |
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http://www.uchastings.edu/?pid=134
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| | Australian Public Law |
| | The Journal Articles Index accessed from the left column concentrates on Australian law journal (and law firm) articles, although I have also indexed recent articles (back to 1998) from Warwick University (UK) Journal of Information, Law and Technology (JILT). | | | This area includes many links to resources on cyberspace law, as well as a set of lecture outlines prepared in mid-2001 for a NTU undergraduate unit I taught in semester 2 2001. | | | Carnegie Mellon Institute for eCommerce - Ecommerce Law Links (extensive, well-organised links - mostly US) - also see eLibrary and Hyperdictionary of E-Commerce Law |
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http://www.ntu.edu.au/faculties/lba/schools/Law/apl/Cyberspace_Law/cyberspace.htm
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| | UMass Amherst: Department of Political Science |
| | "Legal Modernism and the Politics of Expertise: American Law's Crisis of Knowledge and Authority, 1870-1930", William Rose | | | Professor Brigham is interested in law and political movements as well as judicial symbolism as expressed in court architecture. | | | Professor Goldman is interested in lower federal court judicial selection and the politics of constitutional policymaking. |
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http://www.umass.edu/polsci/law.html
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| | Practice Areas - Public Law |
| | Assisting with the formulation of policy within a legal framework governed by UK, Scottish, and/or European Law. | | | Transport and Infrastructure Project advice - assisting our public and private sector clients to plan and negotiate a web of law to determine which statutory consents, local legislation, privately promoted legislation, European legislation (State aid, European Funding, Procurement), planning processes and environmental consents will be required or involved in order to get the project started. | | | Advice - to public and private sector clients - we help our client negotiate legal difficulties encountered in Strategic Partnership Arrangements, to ensure that service delivery remains on track and that good working relationships between the public and private sector are preserved. |
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http://www.mcgrigors.com/practice/public_law
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| | Institute of Public Law at the University of New Mexico School of Law |
| | Get the IPL Update (PDF), the Institute of Public Law’s Monthly Newsletter. | | | Institute of Public Law at the University of New Mexico School of Law | | | The Institute of Public Law at the University of New Mexico School of Law engages in research, analysis, teaching, training, writing and publishing to support the development of informed public policy and law... |
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| | CataLaw : Public International Law |
| | CataLaw : Legal Topics : Public International Law | | | New England School of Law: International Law Resources in Criminal Justice | | | International Society for Military Law and the Law of War |
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http://www.catalaw.com/topics/PublicInternational.shtml
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