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catalog alternative "Reader's Digest.".
catalog created "1973.".
catalog date "1973".
catalog date "1973.".
catalog dateCopyrighted "1973.".
catalog description "Building your own home or buying a newly built home : Before you build ; What the architect does for you ; Dealing with the builder ; Buying a development house. Ways you may lose your home : If your mortgage is foreclosed ; If your property is condemned ; If your taxes are delinquent ; If you fall into debt ; If your property is used or occupied by others. Homeowners and the law : Your rights as a homeowner ; Your duties as a homeowner ; Your real estate taxes ; Your wife's ownership rights -- ".
catalog description "Contracts : The promises men live by ; What a contract is ; Oral and written contracts ; Express and implied contracts ; Why written contracts are better ; Unilateral and bilateral contracts ; Voidable and unenforceable contracts ; Essentials of an enforceable contract ; The importance of assent ; Consideration of the promise ; Legal capacity of parties to a contract: minors and other incompetents ; Legal capacity of corporations ; Lawful object of a contract ; Performing the contract on time ; When contracts must be in writing ; How contracts are discharged ; When a contract is broken ; Remedies for breach of contract ; Defenses to actions for breach of contract. ".
catalog description "Defenses to criminal charges : Infancy or immaturity ; Coercion ; Mistake of law ; Mistake of fact ; Duress ; Necessity ; Consent ; Insanity ; Drunkenness ; Narcotics use ; Defenses to homicide ; If you acted to prevent a crime ; If you acted in self-defense. Basic things you should know about criminal procedure : The court system ; Rights of the accused ; Arrest and arraignment ; The grand jury and indictment ; The trial and presentation of evidence ; The charge, verdict and sentence ; Motions after trial and appeal ; Essentials of criminal procedures -- ".
catalog description "How to become a lawyer : Preparing for a legal education ; Applying to a law school ; What our law schools teach ; Practical experience while you are in law school ; State bar examinations ; Getting started in private practice ; Legal jobs with government ; Clerking for a state or federal judge ; Teaching law ; Public service jobs ; Where you may practice. In closing: the lawyer in our society.".
catalog description "If you are sued: defenses of privilege : When you are the defendant ; If you acted in error ; If you acted with consent ; If you acted to defend yourself or others ; If you acted to defend your property ; If you acted to maintain order. Accidental interference with your personal or property rights : Unintentional interference with your rights ; What negligence is ; How careful you must be ; Unavoidable accidents ; Standards of care required of owners and occupiers if land ; Your duty to others who come onto your property ; When negligence is obvious. Defenses against negligence suits : Assumption of risks ; Contributory negligence and comparative negligence ; Last clear chance. Liability imposed by statute : The changing law of torts ; When you are injured on the job ; When you buy faulty merchandise ; Who is responsible- merchant or manufacturer ; The importance of liability. ".
catalog description "Inheritance rights if illegitimate children ; Inheritance rights of grandchildren ; Inheritance rights of parents, brothers and sisters ; Inheritance rights of other relatives ; Inheritance of intestate's share of joint property and community property ; Inheritance in the case of simultaneous death ; Inheritance in case of murder or manslaughter ; When the state may inherit property. Taxes on your estate : The tax bite on estates ; Death tax rate and regulation changes ; Computing your gross estate ; Federal estate tax returns ; State inheritance tax returns ; Exemptions and deductions from federal estate taxes ; Credits allowed against federal estate taxes ; State taxes on estates ; Which state collects the tax ; The importance of estate planning ; The right to minimize estate taxes ; Ways to protect your estate from death taxes ; Money for taxes and immediate expenses after death. ".
catalog description "Insurance against sickness and accident : Understanding your health or accident insurance policy ; Group insurance plans ; Making a claim on your group insurance ; Private health insurance policies ; Major medical insurance ; Private accident insurance policies ; Private disability income insurance ; Making a claim on your private health insurance policies ; Social security and Medicare ; Workmen's compensation laws -- ".
catalog description "Liability and damage claims arising from automobile accidents : Negligence and liability ; Measuring damages ; Unavoidable accidents ; Accidents caused by the conditions of the road ; Accidents caused by-pedestrians ; Accidents caused by the condition of the car ; Accidents caused by the condition of the driver ; Accidents in which more than one person is at fault ; Liability when driving your own car ; Liability when driving a borrowed car ; Liability when driving a rented car ; Liability when driving an employer's vehicle ; Liability of members of your family driving your car ; Liability of guests in your car ; Liability to paying passengers ; Special rules of liability involving children ; Out-of-court settlement ; When you need a lawyer ; When the insurance company may not defend you. Automobile insurance : Proof of negligence vs. ".
catalog description "Life and retirement insurance : Whose life may be insured ; Types of life insurance ; Life insurance for veterans and GIs ; Life insurance policies issued by banks ; Ownership and beneficiary provisions ; Premiums and dividends on life insurance ; Borrowing against life insurance ; Cancellation and reinstatement of life insurance ; Life insurance trusts ; Retirement insurance ; Fraternal insurance contracts and burial insurance ; Life insurance in business situations ; If you misrepresent your age or state of health in your life insurance application ; Suicide ; Making a claim on life insurance. ".
catalog description "Offenses against judicial authority, public justice and the general welfare : Treason ; Conspiracy ; Sedition ; Contempt ; Perjury ; Escape and associated crimes ; Your duty to help police ; Probation, parole and bail ; Compounding a crime ; Extortion and blackmail ; Criminal libel ; Forgery ; Counterfeiting ; Bribery ; Misconduct in office ; Interference with a jury ; Obstruction of justice ; Disturbing the peace ; Unlawful assembly ; Riot ; Forcible entry and detainer ; Weapons laws ; Vagrancy ; Bigamy ; Adultery ; Incest ; Other sex offenses. Crime against your person : Homicide ; Murder ; Manslaughter and lesser killings ; Suicide ; Rape ; Abortion ; Assault and battery ; Mayhem ; Kidnapping. Crimes against real property : Arson ; Vandalism ; Burglary. Crimes involving personal property : Larceny ; Robbery ; Receiving stolen property ; Embezzlement ; Obtaining property by false pretenses. ".
catalog description "Relations between parents and children and schools : Rights of unborn children ; Rights of minors ; When a child is legitimate ; Parents' right to discipline children ; Parents' obligation to support legitimate children ; Support of an adopted child ; Support of an illegitimate child ; Care of neglected or deserted children ; Suits by children for injury or death of a parent ; Recourse for injuries inflicted by your children ; Parents' responsibility for damage and injuries by children ; The obligation to educate children ; Rights of schools and teachers to discipline children ;".
catalog description "Righting the wrong: various remedies available to you : Measuring your money damages ; Getting back your property ; Putting a stop to undesirable acts ; The importance of insurance ; The cost of a lawsuit. What to do when a tort has been committed : Getting in touch with your lawyer ; The advantages of settlement ; Arbitrating your case ; Choosing the right court ; The summons and complaint ; The defendant's answer- his defenses. When you go to court : The participants and their roles ; Preliminary steps ; The plaintiff's burden of proof ; Presentation of evidence ; The decision and judgment ; Appealing the court's decision ; Enforcing the judgment -- Your protection against crime and criminal charges : Basic things you should know about criminal law : What a crime is ; Classification of crimes or offenses ; Parties to crimes: principles, accessories and accomplices ; Crime and responsibility.".
catalog description "Sale and purchase of goods : When you buy or sell ; Who has title or ownership ; Methods of shipment and liability for loss ; What happens if the seller doesn't own the goods ; What happens if the goods you buy are of poor quality ; Mail order and door-to-door sales ; Injury from defective products ; Installment or time or credit sales ; Legal remedies of the buyer ; Legal remedies of the seller ; Government protection of consumers. Use and protection of property you entrust to others : What a bailment is ; Conversion ; Responsibility for loaned or borrowed personal property ; Responsibility for rented or leased personal property ; Responsibility for property left for cleaning or repair ; Responsibility for property left in checkrooms ; Responsibility for property left in storage or safekeeping ; Responsibility for property in transit ; Responsibility for property of guests in hotels ; Responsibility for personal property left in pledge or pawn -- ".
catalog description "The disposition of your estate : "Proving" your death ; Proving your will ; What happens to your estate if you die intestate ; What is required of executors and administrators ; What the executor does ; Rights of executors and administrators ; Duties of executors and administrators ; What to consider in choosing your executor ; If you are named executor ; When and how the heirs get what's coming to them ; What it costs to administer the estate. When death occurs: burial and duties of the family : Keeping your head in time of sorrow ; First things to do after a death- a checklist ; Death certificates ; Filing the death certificate ; Disposal of the body ; Disposal of organs for medical purposes ; Cemetery plots ; The laws of cremation ; Costs of private burial or cremation ; Burial of veterans and members of the armed forces -- ".
catalog description "The school's financial liability for injuries to students ; If your child wants to get a job ; Parents' rights to their children's earnings ; Debts, contracts, lawsuits of minors ; Property rights of minors. When children get in trouble with the law : Legal status of minors who do wrong ; Preliminary investigation of juvenile offenders ; Juvenile court procedure ; Punishment of juvenile offenders ; Treatment of wayward minors and youthful offenders. Guardianship and adoption : When children need legal guardians ; Relations between legal guardians and wards ; Trustees of children's property ; The meaning of adoption ; The importance of a lawyer in adoption proceedings ; Where adopted children come from ; Who may adopt a child ; Legal steps in adopting a child ; Private adoption vs. agency adoption of children ; The danger of adopting a "black market" baby ; When adoption may be revoked ; Adoption of adults. ".
catalog description "What is the law? : Where our law comes from : The early background of our legal system ; The common law ; Our federal system. How are laws are made and enforced : Our constitutions: basic laws ; The executive ; The legislature ; Federal courts ; State and local courts ; Administrative agencies. Written laws and records : Statutes, regulations and decisions ; Personal and business records. The lawyers and the courts : Where lawyers fit in ; The adversary proceeding-cornerstone of our system -- ".
catalog description "What not to do when charged with a traffic violation ; Suspension or revocation of your driver's license ; Speed traps ; Vehicular homicide ; Driving when you know you are ill ; Driving while intoxicated ; Ownership and operation of motorcycles ; Ownership and operation of automobile. Automobile accidents : Hit-and-run accidents ; If you are involved in an accident ; Don'ts after a major accident ; The possibility of hidden injuries ; Filling out the accident report ; Accidents involving out-of-state cars or drivers ; Legal action that can be taken against the driver after an accident ; When to consult a lawyer after an accident. ".
catalog description "When you can't pay: insolvency and bankruptcy : Your duty to pay ; Insolvency ; Legal proceedings against a debtor ; Favored creditors ; Steps a debtor can take ; Assignment for the benefit of creditors ; Composition with creditors ; Bankruptcy ; Filing the petition in bankruptcy ; Rights and duties of creditors ; Role of the trustee in bankruptcy ; The discharge in bankruptcy ; Advantages of the bankruptcy laws. If you invest your money : Protecting the value of your money ; Savings accounts as an investment ; Certificates of time deposit ; Federal bonds ; State and municipal bonds ; Stocks, bonds and mutual funds ; Common stock ; Preferred stock ; Convertible preferred stock ; Convertible bonds ; Voting rights of common-stock holders ; Legal protection for investors -- ".
catalog description "You job, profession or business; your social security : Your job, employer and wages : Your right to work ; Minimum age requirements for employment ; Wage and hour laws ; Laws concerning employee safety and working conditions ; Unfair labor practices ; Insurance required of employers ; The law of employer and employee ; The employer's rights and duties ; The employee's rights and duties ; Who has an interest in your wages ; Civil service jobs ; Household help. Your job and labor unions : The role of the labor union ; Who must join a union ; Getting into a union- and staying in ; Management actions that affect your union ; Strikes and other union actions that affect you ; Strikes by public workers ; Court action by the public in strikes. Your job as a self-employed artisan : Artisans who usually require licenses ; The artisan's obligations to his customers ; The customer's protection against the artisan ; The artisan's protection against his customers. ".
catalog description "Your automobile : Owning an automobile : Buying and selling automobiles ; Financing your automobile ; Keeping up payments if your car is destroyed or stolen ; Selling or buying a car on which payments are still owed ; Required automobile insurance ; Registration of automobiles ; Out-of-state registration certificates and license plates ; Your obligation to maintain a mechanically safe automobile ; Warranties on new cars and replacement of parts ; Warranties on used cars ; Warranties on parts and tires ; Dealing with the automobile mechanic. Operating your automobile : License to drive ; Traffic rules and regulations ; Local traffic ordinances and driving regulations ; Driving with due care ; Reckless driving ; Traffic laws for pedestrians ; Your legal defense against traffic violation charges ;".
catalog description "Your estate, will, and death : Making your will : The importance of your will ; When to make your will ; A wife's duty to make a will ; Types of wills ; Restrictions on your rights to make a will ; Making sure your will really says what you mean it to ; Disinheriting members of your family ; Property you cannot dispose of in your will ; The importance of a lawyer when you make a will ; Information your lawyer needs in drawing up your will ; Format and contents of your will ; Disposing of your property in your will ; Disposing of real estate in your will ; Bequeathing legacies in your will ; Making charitable and educational bequests ; Providing for your wife or husband in your will ; Providing for your children, grandchildren and other relatives in your will ; What happens to your estate if you and your wife die simultaneously ; The advantages of leaving your estate in trust ; Providing for payment of burial expenses, ".
catalog description "Your family : Courtship, engagement and marriage : Legal aspects of adolescent dating ; Engagement to marry and breach-of-promise suits ; What happens to the gifts when an engagement is broken ; Common-law marriages ; Who may marry ; At what age may you marry ; How to get married ; The domicile. Relations between husbands and wives : The marriage contract ; The rights and duties of husbands and wives ; Property rights of husbands and wives ; The husband's responsibility for his wife's debts ; Lawsuits. ".
catalog description "Your home, apartment and real estate : Renting your home or apartment: relations between landlord and tenant : What it means to rent ; Dealing with the rental agent ; What's in your lease ; Once you're in- your rights and obligations as a tenant ; Breaking your lease ; When the landlord can evict you ; When your lease runs out. Buying your home : When you look for a home ; The role of the real estate broker ; When and why you need a lawyer ; The real estate binder ; The contract ; The deposit and escrow ; The importance of your deed ; Possible defects in your title ; Insuring your title ; Rights and duties of the buyer and the seller ; Other considerations between contract and closing ; The closing: when ownership changes ; The closing costs. Your home mortgage : What a mortgage is ; Kinds of home mortgages ; The provisions of your mortgage ; Buying the property that already carries a mortgage. ".
catalog description "Your insurance : The nature of insurance : What insurance is ; Roles of insurance agents and brokers ; When your protection starts ; Dealing with the insurance claim adjuster ; Your recourse against the insurance company ; Government-administered insurance. Insurance on home and property : Fire insurance ; Burglary, robbery and theft insurance ; Floaters -- ".
catalog description "Your job as a salesman or agent; dealing with agents : Agents and principles ; Third parties. Your profession : The special status of professionals ; Medicine and related professions ; Law ; Architecture ; Professional engineering ; Accounting ; Teaching. Your business : The three basic forms of business ; The individual ownership ; The partnership ; The corporation ;Your rights as a stockholder ; Your business records ; Taxes on your business ; Terminating a business ; Selling your business ; Bankruptcy ; Dissolving a partnership ; Dissolving a corporation. ".
catalog description "Your lawyer : A little about your lawyer : Historical role of the lawyer ; Kinds of lawyers. When to consult a lawyer : When a lawyer is essential ; Why a family lawyer is desirable ; When you may not need a lawyer ; When you should consult a lawyer. How to find a lawyer : If you can't afford a lawyer ; Finding a lawyer- sources of information ; Choosing your lawyer ; Lawyers who are specialists. How much-and how-to pay your lawyer : The sensitive subject of fees ; Basic fees and expenses ; Paying by the hour ; The retainer ; Contingent fees ; If you are not satisfied. Working with your lawyer : Your confidential relationship with your lawyer ; Giving your lawyer the facts ; Taking your lawyer's advice ; Respecting your lawyer's time ; When you don't understand something ; Legal ethics and disbarment ; Practicing law without a license ; When a lawyer breaks the law ; Legal malpractice suits. ".
catalog description "Your obligations to relatives other than your children : Support of your impoverished relatives ; Legal protection of physically and mentally incompetent relatives ; Commitment of the insane and mental incompetents ; Discharge from mental hospitals. If your marriage is in trouble : When things go wrong ; Some basic definitions ; Separation ; Annulment ; Divorce ; Getting a divorce ; Kinds of divorce decrees ; The defense of condonation ; Collusion ; Alimony and other kinds of property settlement ; Children of divorce -- ".
catalog description "Your personal property, contracts and purchases : Your right to own, enjoy and dispose of personal property : What property is ; Acquisition and legal protection of personal property ; Lost, abandoned, misplaced and found property. Patents, trade secrets, copyrights and trademarks : Patents and "design patents" ; The law of trade secrets ; Trademarks and trade names ; Literary property and copyright ; International copyright. ".
catalog description "Your personal rights and obligations : Your rights as a citizen : What makes you an United States citizen ; Sources of your rights as a citizen of the United States ;Your right to freedom of speech and freedom of the press ; Your right to freedom of assembly ; Your right to freedom of religion ; Your right to vote ; Your right to hold public office ; Your right to keep and bear arms ; Your right to individual privacy ; Your right to full enjoyment of your property ; Your right to equal protection of the law ; Your right or privilege against self-incrimination ; Your right to due process of the law ; Your right to habeas corpus ; Your right against double jeopardy ; Your right to a jury trial. Limitation and suspension of your rights : Curfew ; Martial law ; Other suspensions of your rights ; When you must help the police. Your obligation as a citizen : Making the system work -- ".
catalog description "Your protection against wrongs : What a tort is and how it differs from crime : Differences between torts and crimes ; Elements of a tort ; Who can be held responsible for committing a tort ; Who may not be liable in tort actions. Intentional interference with your personal rights : Interference with your freedom of movement ; Misuse of the legal process ; Interference with your person ; Interference with your peace of mind ; Interference with your privacy ; Interference with your reputation. Intentional interferences with your property rights : Nuisances and what to do about them ; Keeping others off your property ; The misuse of your personal property ; Interference with your contractual and business relationships ; Fraud, deceit and misrepresentation. ".
catalog description "Your social security and financial protection : How the government protects your social welfare ; Who is covered by social security ; Social security and the self-employed ; When you are "fully insured" under social security ; Checking your social security account ; How to claim your social security benefits ; Your old-age benefits ; Disability benefits under social security ; Your wife's (or husband's) benefits ; Collecting on separate accounts ; Your children's benefits ; Your survivors' benefits ; Medicare- what it is ; Your hospital insurance benefits under Medicare ; Your medical insurance benefits under Medicare ; Medicaid ; Workmen's compensation ; Non-occupational disability insurance ; Collecting unemployment insurance. ".
catalog description "Your veterans' rights : Veterans' rights under the GI bill ; Veterans' rights to their former jobs ; Your GI home loan guarantee ; Veterans' hospital and medical care ; Compensation and pensions for disabled veterans ; Social security and other benefits and the income tax -- Your money, credit and investments : Your money, bank accounts and checks : What money is ; Your checking account ; Cashier's checks ; Certified checks ; Check clearance ; Endorsements ; Forgery ; Saving accounts ; Federal deposit insurance. Your credit and personal loans : How the law affects credit ; Unsecured loans ; Pawnbroker's loans ; Mortgage loans ; Chattel mortgages ; Life insurance loans ; Interest ; Charge accounts and credit cards.".
catalog description "all-risk policies for personal property ; Floater insurance on personal effects ; Making a claim for property insurance ; How much you can recover from the insurance company ; Comprehensive home insurance policies ; Postal insurance ; Insurance rights and obligations under a mortgage. Casualty and liability insurance : Personal liability insurance ; General liability insurance ; Types of business insurance required by law ; Other insurance that businesses should have ; Rights and responsibilities under liability insurance ; Automobile liability insurance. ".
catalog description "no-fault auto insurance ; Types of automobile insurance ; Financial responsibility laws ; How much insurance you need ; Factors that affect your insurance costs ; Cancellation of your insurance ; Selecting your automobile insurance company ; Dealing with your insurance company and claims adjuster ; What to do if your car is stolen -- ".
catalog description "taxes and debts ; Appointing executors of your will ; Appointing trustees in your will ; Appointing guardians in your will ; Disposition of your life insurance proceeds ; How to change or revoke your will ; If all or part of your will and other important papers ; Keeping your will up to date. If you die without making a will : The meaning and dangers of intestacy ; Court appointment of an administrator ; Court appointment of guardians ; The laws if intestate distribution ; When husband and wife are separated or divorced ; Inheritance rights of legitimate children ; Inheritance rights of stepchildren ; Inheritance rights of adopted children ;".
catalog extent "863 p.".
catalog hasFormat "You and the law.".
catalog isFormatOf "You and the law.".
catalog issued "1973".
catalog issued "1973.".
catalog language "eng".
catalog publisher "Pleasantville, New York, The Reader's Digest Association, Inc.,".
catalog relation "You and the law.".
catalog spatial "United States".
catalog subject "KF387 .Y65 1973".
catalog subject "Law United States Popular works.".
catalog tableOfContents "Building your own home or buying a newly built home : Before you build ; What the architect does for you ; Dealing with the builder ; Buying a development house. Ways you may lose your home : If your mortgage is foreclosed ; If your property is condemned ; If your taxes are delinquent ; If you fall into debt ; If your property is used or occupied by others. Homeowners and the law : Your rights as a homeowner ; Your duties as a homeowner ; Your real estate taxes ; Your wife's ownership rights -- ".
catalog tableOfContents "Contracts : The promises men live by ; What a contract is ; Oral and written contracts ; Express and implied contracts ; Why written contracts are better ; Unilateral and bilateral contracts ; Voidable and unenforceable contracts ; Essentials of an enforceable contract ; The importance of assent ; Consideration of the promise ; Legal capacity of parties to a contract: minors and other incompetents ; Legal capacity of corporations ; Lawful object of a contract ; Performing the contract on time ; When contracts must be in writing ; How contracts are discharged ; When a contract is broken ; Remedies for breach of contract ; Defenses to actions for breach of contract. ".
catalog tableOfContents "Defenses to criminal charges : Infancy or immaturity ; Coercion ; Mistake of law ; Mistake of fact ; Duress ; Necessity ; Consent ; Insanity ; Drunkenness ; Narcotics use ; Defenses to homicide ; If you acted to prevent a crime ; If you acted in self-defense. Basic things you should know about criminal procedure : The court system ; Rights of the accused ; Arrest and arraignment ; The grand jury and indictment ; The trial and presentation of evidence ; The charge, verdict and sentence ; Motions after trial and appeal ; Essentials of criminal procedures -- ".
catalog tableOfContents "How to become a lawyer : Preparing for a legal education ; Applying to a law school ; What our law schools teach ; Practical experience while you are in law school ; State bar examinations ; Getting started in private practice ; Legal jobs with government ; Clerking for a state or federal judge ; Teaching law ; Public service jobs ; Where you may practice. In closing: the lawyer in our society.".
catalog tableOfContents "If you are sued: defenses of privilege : When you are the defendant ; If you acted in error ; If you acted with consent ; If you acted to defend yourself or others ; If you acted to defend your property ; If you acted to maintain order. Accidental interference with your personal or property rights : Unintentional interference with your rights ; What negligence is ; How careful you must be ; Unavoidable accidents ; Standards of care required of owners and occupiers if land ; Your duty to others who come onto your property ; When negligence is obvious. Defenses against negligence suits : Assumption of risks ; Contributory negligence and comparative negligence ; Last clear chance. Liability imposed by statute : The changing law of torts ; When you are injured on the job ; When you buy faulty merchandise ; Who is responsible- merchant or manufacturer ; The importance of liability. ".
catalog tableOfContents "Inheritance rights if illegitimate children ; Inheritance rights of grandchildren ; Inheritance rights of parents, brothers and sisters ; Inheritance rights of other relatives ; Inheritance of intestate's share of joint property and community property ; Inheritance in the case of simultaneous death ; Inheritance in case of murder or manslaughter ; When the state may inherit property. Taxes on your estate : The tax bite on estates ; Death tax rate and regulation changes ; Computing your gross estate ; Federal estate tax returns ; State inheritance tax returns ; Exemptions and deductions from federal estate taxes ; Credits allowed against federal estate taxes ; State taxes on estates ; Which state collects the tax ; The importance of estate planning ; The right to minimize estate taxes ; Ways to protect your estate from death taxes ; Money for taxes and immediate expenses after death. ".
catalog tableOfContents "Insurance against sickness and accident : Understanding your health or accident insurance policy ; Group insurance plans ; Making a claim on your group insurance ; Private health insurance policies ; Major medical insurance ; Private accident insurance policies ; Private disability income insurance ; Making a claim on your private health insurance policies ; Social security and Medicare ; Workmen's compensation laws -- ".
catalog tableOfContents "Liability and damage claims arising from automobile accidents : Negligence and liability ; Measuring damages ; Unavoidable accidents ; Accidents caused by the conditions of the road ; Accidents caused by-pedestrians ; Accidents caused by the condition of the car ; Accidents caused by the condition of the driver ; Accidents in which more than one person is at fault ; Liability when driving your own car ; Liability when driving a borrowed car ; Liability when driving a rented car ; Liability when driving an employer's vehicle ; Liability of members of your family driving your car ; Liability of guests in your car ; Liability to paying passengers ; Special rules of liability involving children ; Out-of-court settlement ; When you need a lawyer ; When the insurance company may not defend you. Automobile insurance : Proof of negligence vs. ".
catalog tableOfContents "Life and retirement insurance : Whose life may be insured ; Types of life insurance ; Life insurance for veterans and GIs ; Life insurance policies issued by banks ; Ownership and beneficiary provisions ; Premiums and dividends on life insurance ; Borrowing against life insurance ; Cancellation and reinstatement of life insurance ; Life insurance trusts ; Retirement insurance ; Fraternal insurance contracts and burial insurance ; Life insurance in business situations ; If you misrepresent your age or state of health in your life insurance application ; Suicide ; Making a claim on life insurance. ".
catalog tableOfContents "Offenses against judicial authority, public justice and the general welfare : Treason ; Conspiracy ; Sedition ; Contempt ; Perjury ; Escape and associated crimes ; Your duty to help police ; Probation, parole and bail ; Compounding a crime ; Extortion and blackmail ; Criminal libel ; Forgery ; Counterfeiting ; Bribery ; Misconduct in office ; Interference with a jury ; Obstruction of justice ; Disturbing the peace ; Unlawful assembly ; Riot ; Forcible entry and detainer ; Weapons laws ; Vagrancy ; Bigamy ; Adultery ; Incest ; Other sex offenses. Crime against your person : Homicide ; Murder ; Manslaughter and lesser killings ; Suicide ; Rape ; Abortion ; Assault and battery ; Mayhem ; Kidnapping. Crimes against real property : Arson ; Vandalism ; Burglary. Crimes involving personal property : Larceny ; Robbery ; Receiving stolen property ; Embezzlement ; Obtaining property by false pretenses. ".
catalog tableOfContents "Relations between parents and children and schools : Rights of unborn children ; Rights of minors ; When a child is legitimate ; Parents' right to discipline children ; Parents' obligation to support legitimate children ; Support of an adopted child ; Support of an illegitimate child ; Care of neglected or deserted children ; Suits by children for injury or death of a parent ; Recourse for injuries inflicted by your children ; Parents' responsibility for damage and injuries by children ; The obligation to educate children ; Rights of schools and teachers to discipline children ;".
catalog tableOfContents "Righting the wrong: various remedies available to you : Measuring your money damages ; Getting back your property ; Putting a stop to undesirable acts ; The importance of insurance ; The cost of a lawsuit. What to do when a tort has been committed : Getting in touch with your lawyer ; The advantages of settlement ; Arbitrating your case ; Choosing the right court ; The summons and complaint ; The defendant's answer- his defenses. When you go to court : The participants and their roles ; Preliminary steps ; The plaintiff's burden of proof ; Presentation of evidence ; The decision and judgment ; Appealing the court's decision ; Enforcing the judgment -- Your protection against crime and criminal charges : Basic things you should know about criminal law : What a crime is ; Classification of crimes or offenses ; Parties to crimes: principles, accessories and accomplices ; Crime and responsibility.".
catalog tableOfContents "Sale and purchase of goods : When you buy or sell ; Who has title or ownership ; Methods of shipment and liability for loss ; What happens if the seller doesn't own the goods ; What happens if the goods you buy are of poor quality ; Mail order and door-to-door sales ; Injury from defective products ; Installment or time or credit sales ; Legal remedies of the buyer ; Legal remedies of the seller ; Government protection of consumers. Use and protection of property you entrust to others : What a bailment is ; Conversion ; Responsibility for loaned or borrowed personal property ; Responsibility for rented or leased personal property ; Responsibility for property left for cleaning or repair ; Responsibility for property left in checkrooms ; Responsibility for property left in storage or safekeeping ; Responsibility for property in transit ; Responsibility for property of guests in hotels ; Responsibility for personal property left in pledge or pawn -- ".
catalog tableOfContents "The disposition of your estate : "Proving" your death ; Proving your will ; What happens to your estate if you die intestate ; What is required of executors and administrators ; What the executor does ; Rights of executors and administrators ; Duties of executors and administrators ; What to consider in choosing your executor ; If you are named executor ; When and how the heirs get what's coming to them ; What it costs to administer the estate. When death occurs: burial and duties of the family : Keeping your head in time of sorrow ; First things to do after a death- a checklist ; Death certificates ; Filing the death certificate ; Disposal of the body ; Disposal of organs for medical purposes ; Cemetery plots ; The laws of cremation ; Costs of private burial or cremation ; Burial of veterans and members of the armed forces -- ".
catalog tableOfContents "The school's financial liability for injuries to students ; If your child wants to get a job ; Parents' rights to their children's earnings ; Debts, contracts, lawsuits of minors ; Property rights of minors. When children get in trouble with the law : Legal status of minors who do wrong ; Preliminary investigation of juvenile offenders ; Juvenile court procedure ; Punishment of juvenile offenders ; Treatment of wayward minors and youthful offenders. Guardianship and adoption : When children need legal guardians ; Relations between legal guardians and wards ; Trustees of children's property ; The meaning of adoption ; The importance of a lawyer in adoption proceedings ; Where adopted children come from ; Who may adopt a child ; Legal steps in adopting a child ; Private adoption vs. agency adoption of children ; The danger of adopting a "black market" baby ; When adoption may be revoked ; Adoption of adults. ".
catalog tableOfContents "What is the law? : Where our law comes from : The early background of our legal system ; The common law ; Our federal system. How are laws are made and enforced : Our constitutions: basic laws ; The executive ; The legislature ; Federal courts ; State and local courts ; Administrative agencies. Written laws and records : Statutes, regulations and decisions ; Personal and business records. The lawyers and the courts : Where lawyers fit in ; The adversary proceeding-cornerstone of our system -- ".
catalog tableOfContents "What not to do when charged with a traffic violation ; Suspension or revocation of your driver's license ; Speed traps ; Vehicular homicide ; Driving when you know you are ill ; Driving while intoxicated ; Ownership and operation of motorcycles ; Ownership and operation of automobile. Automobile accidents : Hit-and-run accidents ; If you are involved in an accident ; Don'ts after a major accident ; The possibility of hidden injuries ; Filling out the accident report ; Accidents involving out-of-state cars or drivers ; Legal action that can be taken against the driver after an accident ; When to consult a lawyer after an accident. ".
catalog tableOfContents "When you can't pay: insolvency and bankruptcy : Your duty to pay ; Insolvency ; Legal proceedings against a debtor ; Favored creditors ; Steps a debtor can take ; Assignment for the benefit of creditors ; Composition with creditors ; Bankruptcy ; Filing the petition in bankruptcy ; Rights and duties of creditors ; Role of the trustee in bankruptcy ; The discharge in bankruptcy ; Advantages of the bankruptcy laws. If you invest your money : Protecting the value of your money ; Savings accounts as an investment ; Certificates of time deposit ; Federal bonds ; State and municipal bonds ; Stocks, bonds and mutual funds ; Common stock ; Preferred stock ; Convertible preferred stock ; Convertible bonds ; Voting rights of common-stock holders ; Legal protection for investors -- ".
catalog tableOfContents "You job, profession or business; your social security : Your job, employer and wages : Your right to work ; Minimum age requirements for employment ; Wage and hour laws ; Laws concerning employee safety and working conditions ; Unfair labor practices ; Insurance required of employers ; The law of employer and employee ; The employer's rights and duties ; The employee's rights and duties ; Who has an interest in your wages ; Civil service jobs ; Household help. Your job and labor unions : The role of the labor union ; Who must join a union ; Getting into a union- and staying in ; Management actions that affect your union ; Strikes and other union actions that affect you ; Strikes by public workers ; Court action by the public in strikes. Your job as a self-employed artisan : Artisans who usually require licenses ; The artisan's obligations to his customers ; The customer's protection against the artisan ; The artisan's protection against his customers. ".
catalog tableOfContents "Your automobile : Owning an automobile : Buying and selling automobiles ; Financing your automobile ; Keeping up payments if your car is destroyed or stolen ; Selling or buying a car on which payments are still owed ; Required automobile insurance ; Registration of automobiles ; Out-of-state registration certificates and license plates ; Your obligation to maintain a mechanically safe automobile ; Warranties on new cars and replacement of parts ; Warranties on used cars ; Warranties on parts and tires ; Dealing with the automobile mechanic. Operating your automobile : License to drive ; Traffic rules and regulations ; Local traffic ordinances and driving regulations ; Driving with due care ; Reckless driving ; Traffic laws for pedestrians ; Your legal defense against traffic violation charges ;".
catalog tableOfContents "Your estate, will, and death : Making your will : The importance of your will ; When to make your will ; A wife's duty to make a will ; Types of wills ; Restrictions on your rights to make a will ; Making sure your will really says what you mean it to ; Disinheriting members of your family ; Property you cannot dispose of in your will ; The importance of a lawyer when you make a will ; Information your lawyer needs in drawing up your will ; Format and contents of your will ; Disposing of your property in your will ; Disposing of real estate in your will ; Bequeathing legacies in your will ; Making charitable and educational bequests ; Providing for your wife or husband in your will ; Providing for your children, grandchildren and other relatives in your will ; What happens to your estate if you and your wife die simultaneously ; The advantages of leaving your estate in trust ; Providing for payment of burial expenses, ".
catalog tableOfContents "Your family : Courtship, engagement and marriage : Legal aspects of adolescent dating ; Engagement to marry and breach-of-promise suits ; What happens to the gifts when an engagement is broken ; Common-law marriages ; Who may marry ; At what age may you marry ; How to get married ; The domicile. Relations between husbands and wives : The marriage contract ; The rights and duties of husbands and wives ; Property rights of husbands and wives ; The husband's responsibility for his wife's debts ; Lawsuits. ".
catalog tableOfContents "Your home, apartment and real estate : Renting your home or apartment: relations between landlord and tenant : What it means to rent ; Dealing with the rental agent ; What's in your lease ; Once you're in- your rights and obligations as a tenant ; Breaking your lease ; When the landlord can evict you ; When your lease runs out. Buying your home : When you look for a home ; The role of the real estate broker ; When and why you need a lawyer ; The real estate binder ; The contract ; The deposit and escrow ; The importance of your deed ; Possible defects in your title ; Insuring your title ; Rights and duties of the buyer and the seller ; Other considerations between contract and closing ; The closing: when ownership changes ; The closing costs. Your home mortgage : What a mortgage is ; Kinds of home mortgages ; The provisions of your mortgage ; Buying the property that already carries a mortgage. ".
catalog tableOfContents "Your insurance : The nature of insurance : What insurance is ; Roles of insurance agents and brokers ; When your protection starts ; Dealing with the insurance claim adjuster ; Your recourse against the insurance company ; Government-administered insurance. Insurance on home and property : Fire insurance ; Burglary, robbery and theft insurance ; Floaters -- ".
catalog tableOfContents "Your job as a salesman or agent; dealing with agents : Agents and principles ; Third parties. Your profession : The special status of professionals ; Medicine and related professions ; Law ; Architecture ; Professional engineering ; Accounting ; Teaching. Your business : The three basic forms of business ; The individual ownership ; The partnership ; The corporation ;Your rights as a stockholder ; Your business records ; Taxes on your business ; Terminating a business ; Selling your business ; Bankruptcy ; Dissolving a partnership ; Dissolving a corporation. ".
catalog tableOfContents "Your lawyer : A little about your lawyer : Historical role of the lawyer ; Kinds of lawyers. When to consult a lawyer : When a lawyer is essential ; Why a family lawyer is desirable ; When you may not need a lawyer ; When you should consult a lawyer. How to find a lawyer : If you can't afford a lawyer ; Finding a lawyer- sources of information ; Choosing your lawyer ; Lawyers who are specialists. How much-and how-to pay your lawyer : The sensitive subject of fees ; Basic fees and expenses ; Paying by the hour ; The retainer ; Contingent fees ; If you are not satisfied. Working with your lawyer : Your confidential relationship with your lawyer ; Giving your lawyer the facts ; Taking your lawyer's advice ; Respecting your lawyer's time ; When you don't understand something ; Legal ethics and disbarment ; Practicing law without a license ; When a lawyer breaks the law ; Legal malpractice suits. ".
catalog tableOfContents "Your obligations to relatives other than your children : Support of your impoverished relatives ; Legal protection of physically and mentally incompetent relatives ; Commitment of the insane and mental incompetents ; Discharge from mental hospitals. If your marriage is in trouble : When things go wrong ; Some basic definitions ; Separation ; Annulment ; Divorce ; Getting a divorce ; Kinds of divorce decrees ; The defense of condonation ; Collusion ; Alimony and other kinds of property settlement ; Children of divorce -- ".
catalog tableOfContents "Your personal property, contracts and purchases : Your right to own, enjoy and dispose of personal property : What property is ; Acquisition and legal protection of personal property ; Lost, abandoned, misplaced and found property. Patents, trade secrets, copyrights and trademarks : Patents and "design patents" ; The law of trade secrets ; Trademarks and trade names ; Literary property and copyright ; International copyright. ".
catalog tableOfContents "Your personal rights and obligations : Your rights as a citizen : What makes you an United States citizen ; Sources of your rights as a citizen of the United States ;Your right to freedom of speech and freedom of the press ; Your right to freedom of assembly ; Your right to freedom of religion ; Your right to vote ; Your right to hold public office ; Your right to keep and bear arms ; Your right to individual privacy ; Your right to full enjoyment of your property ; Your right to equal protection of the law ; Your right or privilege against self-incrimination ; Your right to due process of the law ; Your right to habeas corpus ; Your right against double jeopardy ; Your right to a jury trial. Limitation and suspension of your rights : Curfew ; Martial law ; Other suspensions of your rights ; When you must help the police. Your obligation as a citizen : Making the system work -- ".
catalog tableOfContents "Your protection against wrongs : What a tort is and how it differs from crime : Differences between torts and crimes ; Elements of a tort ; Who can be held responsible for committing a tort ; Who may not be liable in tort actions. Intentional interference with your personal rights : Interference with your freedom of movement ; Misuse of the legal process ; Interference with your person ; Interference with your peace of mind ; Interference with your privacy ; Interference with your reputation. Intentional interferences with your property rights : Nuisances and what to do about them ; Keeping others off your property ; The misuse of your personal property ; Interference with your contractual and business relationships ; Fraud, deceit and misrepresentation. ".
catalog tableOfContents "Your social security and financial protection : How the government protects your social welfare ; Who is covered by social security ; Social security and the self-employed ; When you are "fully insured" under social security ; Checking your social security account ; How to claim your social security benefits ; Your old-age benefits ; Disability benefits under social security ; Your wife's (or husband's) benefits ; Collecting on separate accounts ; Your children's benefits ; Your survivors' benefits ; Medicare- what it is ; Your hospital insurance benefits under Medicare ; Your medical insurance benefits under Medicare ; Medicaid ; Workmen's compensation ; Non-occupational disability insurance ; Collecting unemployment insurance. ".
catalog tableOfContents "Your veterans' rights : Veterans' rights under the GI bill ; Veterans' rights to their former jobs ; Your GI home loan guarantee ; Veterans' hospital and medical care ; Compensation and pensions for disabled veterans ; Social security and other benefits and the income tax -- Your money, credit and investments : Your money, bank accounts and checks : What money is ; Your checking account ; Cashier's checks ; Certified checks ; Check clearance ; Endorsements ; Forgery ; Saving accounts ; Federal deposit insurance. Your credit and personal loans : How the law affects credit ; Unsecured loans ; Pawnbroker's loans ; Mortgage loans ; Chattel mortgages ; Life insurance loans ; Interest ; Charge accounts and credit cards.".
catalog tableOfContents "all-risk policies for personal property ; Floater insurance on personal effects ; Making a claim for property insurance ; How much you can recover from the insurance company ; Comprehensive home insurance policies ; Postal insurance ; Insurance rights and obligations under a mortgage. Casualty and liability insurance : Personal liability insurance ; General liability insurance ; Types of business insurance required by law ; Other insurance that businesses should have ; Rights and responsibilities under liability insurance ; Automobile liability insurance. ".
catalog tableOfContents "no-fault auto insurance ; Types of automobile insurance ; Financial responsibility laws ; How much insurance you need ; Factors that affect your insurance costs ; Cancellation of your insurance ; Selecting your automobile insurance company ; Dealing with your insurance company and claims adjuster ; What to do if your car is stolen -- ".
catalog tableOfContents "taxes and debts ; Appointing executors of your will ; Appointing trustees in your will ; Appointing guardians in your will ; Disposition of your life insurance proceeds ; How to change or revoke your will ; If all or part of your will and other important papers ; Keeping your will up to date. If you die without making a will : The meaning and dangers of intestacy ; Court appointment of an administrator ; Court appointment of guardians ; The laws if intestate distribution ; When husband and wife are separated or divorced ; Inheritance rights of legitimate children ; Inheritance rights of stepchildren ; Inheritance rights of adopted children ;".
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