Kategoria BISAC: Law >> Practical Guides

This book explains in uncomplicated language what can happen to a person's property at death. A significant number of Hawaii's residents die without valid wills--either because they never wrote wills or because their wills are declared invalid by the probate court. In this readable, understandable introduction to estate planning in Hawaii, David C. Larsen describes basic concepts such as what happens when one dies without a will, the elements of a simple will, the mechanics of probate procedure, the use of basis trusts, how to reduce federal and state death taxes, and more.

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Learn about copyright law through questions and answers that give spot-on information when you need it, with the authority to support your position. These coping strategies for real-world copyright situations provide useable solutions for your everyday questions about copyright.Examples involve print, online, multimedia, video, audio, broadcast, for-profit, and fair use copyright dilemmas."

This handbook is designed specifically for use by personnel in public, academic, special, and school libraries. It will clarify those areas of the law in which terminology is vague and status of compliance is uncertain. The ADA does not provide a one size fits all solution to the complex issue of civil rights for people with disabilities. There is, however, a built-in flexibility to allow individual rights to be balanced against the needs and resources of the library. In this work, you will learn how your library can successfully implement the ADA.

Do you know that if you sign a broad grant of powers to your trustee, that trustee can invest your hard-earned money and assets in whatever way the trustee wants?

Do you realize that because most estate planners don't address how your trust will play out, you risk a trustee playing God and distributing funds in whatever way they wish?

Do you know that no one oversees whether your trustee actually complies with the terms of your trust?

This is only the tip of the iceberg. The trust industry is worth trillions of dollars. It is...

A comprehensive overview of homosexuality and the law, this fascinating dictionary opens with a history of the Gay Rights Movement which started in Germany during the l860s with Karl Heinrich Ulrich, the "Grandfather of Gay Liberation," who wrote 12 books including, "Researches on the Riddle of Love Between Men." Homosexuals were later herded into Nazi concentration camps, where 50,000 of them died. When the war ended, Allied commanders forced homosexuals to finish their prison sentences.

This book has 112 entries on subjects such as absurd sex laws, the Crittendon Report, the Boy...

The "Constitutional Rights Sourcebook" examines fundamental ideas of constitutionalism and American constitutional law through case summaries. The U.S. Supreme Court as an institution is featured and its rulings and rationale are represented throughout the work, beginning with a thorough treatment of the current court and including all the significant rulings since the mid-1980s.