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Towards Legal Literacy

Author : Kamala Sankaran
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780195692228
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (922 download)

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Download or read book Towards Legal Literacy written by Kamala Sankaran and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a citizen's introduction to the law, the legal system, and a wide range of contemporary social and political issues in India. Written by experts, but concise and easy-to-read, it shows how:* the law impacts everyday life and society* the focus of law is not merely punishment of wrongdoers but also protection of the weak* the law is an instrument of social justice* the constitution relates to other laws* security concerns are interconnected with human rightsThis volume invites readers to explore the Indian legal system in its totality and introduces them to all key aspects of the law; the basic structure doctrine, the criminal justice system, the concept of religious personal laws, anti-terror laws, cyber laws, law of contract, labour and employmentlaws, environmental law, and gender justice.Written especially for students of the recently restructured BA Programme of the University of Delhi and designed as a text for its Legal Literacy course, this book will also be of immense use to students in the early stages of courses in political science, law, sociology of law, gender studies, aswell as to curious and concerned general readers.

Legal Literacy

Author : Archie Zariski
Publisher : Athabasca University Press
ISBN 13 : 192735644X
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (273 download)

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Download or read book Legal Literacy written by Archie Zariski and published by Athabasca University Press. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To understand how the legal system works, students must consider the law in terms of its structures, processes, language, and modes of thought and argument—in short, they must become literate in the field. Legal Literacy fulfills this aim by providing a foundational understanding of key concepts such as legal personhood, jurisdiction, and precedent, and by introducing students to legal research and writing skills. Examples of cases, statutes, and other legal materials support these concepts. While Legal Literacy is an introductory text, it also challenges students to consider critically the system they are studying. Touching on significant socio-legal issues such as access to justice, legal jargon, and plain language, Zariski critiques common legal traditions and practices, and analyzes what it means “to think like a lawyer.” As such, the text provides a sound basis for those who wish to pursue further studies in law or legal studies as well as those seeking a better understanding of how the legal field relates to the society that it serves.

Legal Literacy

Author : Michael E. Manley-Casimir
Publisher : The Council
ISBN 13 : 9780920358948
Total Pages : 121 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (589 download)

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Download or read book Legal Literacy written by Michael E. Manley-Casimir and published by The Council. This book was released on 1986 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Contemporary Approaches to Legal Linguistics

Author : Daniel Green
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN 13 : 3643913877
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (439 download)

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Book Synopsis Contemporary Approaches to Legal Linguistics by : Daniel Green

Download or read book Contemporary Approaches to Legal Linguistics written by Daniel Green and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2022-08 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume, scholars explore and discuss current issues in Theoretical Legal Linguistics (TLL) and Applied Legal Linguistics (ALL), contributing to the growing body of international research in the field. Focus is placed on the interconnected skills, tasks and approaches to the study of legal language in its plethora of facets as presented at the first international conference and the second International Legal Linguistics Workshop (ILLWS19) of the Austrian Association for Legal Linguistics. The articles present research in the areas of contract interpretation, bijuralism, the European Reference Language System, clear language and communication in legal settings, issues in legal semantics, plain legal language in multilingual legislative drafting, legal language teaching, light verb constructions in legal German, forensic linguistic expert testimony, deontic modality in legislative drafting, migration and legal language, appeals in Russian and their qualification as language crimes, and graduation in the use of force statutes. The concepts, methods, and findings offer valuable insights into current research in legal linguistics.

Legal Literacy: Cornerstone For A True Democracy

Author : Anoop Kumar
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3656547017
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (565 download)

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Download or read book Legal Literacy: Cornerstone For A True Democracy written by Anoop Kumar and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2013-11-22 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Project Report from the year 2013 in the subject Law - Public Law / Constitutional Law / Basic Rights, grade: 5.14/8, , course: B.A. LL.B. (Hon.), language: English, abstract: The legislature of the state and the Parliament, while enacting the legislation, consider the objectives of it. Some laws lay down the substantive rights of the masses and some touch upon the procedural aspect of certain laws. But it is due to lack of awareness of beneficiaries that most of the legislations are ineffective at the stage of their execution. To quell this problem, the step of generating among the masses, awareness of their rights has been recognized as the appropriate initiative. The source of power among the masses has been attributed to such awareness. India is a land of various laws on a variety of subjects. Most of these pertain to the benefits of the people. But due to the lack of their awareness for such provisions hardly yield any benefit to them.

Legal Literacy

Author : Archie Zariski
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781927356456
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (564 download)

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Download or read book Legal Literacy written by Archie Zariski and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To understand how the legal system works, students must consider the law in terms of its structures, processes, language, and modes of thought and argument--in short, they must become literate in the field. Legal Literacy fulfills this aim by providing a foundational understanding of key concepts such as legal personhood, jurisdiction, and precedent, and by introducing students to legal research and writing skills. Examples of cases, statutes, and other legal materials support these concepts. While Legal Literacy is an introductory text, it also challenges students to consider critically the system they are studying. Touching on significant socio-legal issues such as access to justice, legal jargon, and plain language, Zariski critiques common legal traditions and practices, and analyzes what it means "to think like a lawyer." As such, the text provides a sound basis for those who wish to pursue further studies in law or legal studies as well as those seeking a better understanding of how the legal field relates to the society that it serves.

Legal Aid

Author :
Publisher : Raman Mittal
ISBN 13 : 8192120422
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (921 download)

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Download or read book Legal Aid written by and published by Raman Mittal. This book was released on 2012 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Papers presented at an international conference.

Comparative Law

Author : Uwe Kischel
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192508873
Total Pages : 976 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (925 download)

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Download or read book Comparative Law written by Uwe Kischel and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-02-21 with total page 976 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uwe Kischel's comprehensive treatise on comparative law offers a critical introduction to the central tenets of comparative legal scholarship. The first part of the book is dedicated to general aspects of comparative law. The controversial question of methods, in particular, is addressed by explaining and discussing different approaches, and by developing a contextual approach that seeks to engage with real-world issues and takes a practical perspective on contemporary comparative legal scholarship. The second part of the book offers a detailed treatment of the major legal contexts across the globe, including common law, civil law systems (based on Germany and France, and extended to Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, and Latin America, among others), the African context (with an emphasis on customary law), different contexts in Asia, Islamic law and law in Islamic countries (plus a brief treatment of Jewish law and canon law), and transnational contexts (public international law, European Union law, and lex mercatoria). The book offers a coherent treatment of global legal systems that aims not only to describe their varying norms and legal institutions but to propose a better way of seeking to understand how the overall context of legal systems influences legal thinking and legal practice.

Legal Literacy for Public School Teachers

Author : Luke Stedrak
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781565341920
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book Legal Literacy for Public School Teachers written by Luke Stedrak and published by . This book was released on 2022-10-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teachers are trained in pedagogy, child development, and subject areas, but they do not receive extensive training in school law. At the same time, they are often the frontline responders to situations that pose potential legal dilemmas. Teachers are trained in pedagogy, child development, and subject areas, but they do not receive extensive training in school law. At the same time, they are often the frontline responders to situations that pose potential legal dilemmas. Legal Literacy for Public School Teachers aims to support educators in developing a better understanding of many aspects of school law, enabling them to make informed and appropriate decisions to avoid legal pitfalls as challenges arise, be in compliance with school policies, guard the rights of their students, and protect their own rights as public school employees. The Education Law Association's Legal Literacy for Public School Teachers-a specially adapted publication derived from its top-selling text, The Principal's Legal Handbook-pools the experience and expertise of scholars and practitioners into one valuable resource. The editors and chapter authors are experts in school law from across the U.S., representing the diverse membership of the Education Law Association which includes practicing attorneys, education law professors, school leaders and teachers, and many others. Importantly, many of the authors of this book have been PK-12 teachers at some point in their careers. Although they are now education law scholars and attorneys, they understand how to translate the law to inform professionals who do not have a legal background. Each chapter highlights the most critical issues and provides practical recommendations. CHAPTERS Introduction - We Must Improve the Legal Literacy of Public School Teachers John Hatcher III, Luke Stedrak, and Jennifer Mezzina Chapter 1 - Why Teachers Should Increase Their Legal Literacy Janet R. Decker Chapter 2 - The American Legal System Charles J. Russo and Allan G. Osborne, Jr. Chapter 3 - Freedom of Expression Watt Lesley Black, Jr. Chapter 4 - Student Searches in Public Schools: Contemporary Legal Considerations for Educators Kevin P. Brady, W. Kyle Ingle, and John C. Pijanowski Chapter 5 - Student Records Justin Bathon, John S. Gooden, and James A. Plenty Chapter 6 - Students' Speech Rights in an Online Era Mark A. Gooden and Bradley W. Davis Chapter 7 - Fundamentals of Federal Disability Law Julie F. Mead Chapter 8 - IEPs, Least Restrictive Environment, and Placement Jean B. Crockett and Mitchell L. Yell Chapter 9 - Disciplining Students with Disabilities Mark A. Paige

Legal Literacy in Premodern European Societies

Author : Mia Korpiola
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319968637
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (199 download)

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Download or read book Legal Literacy in Premodern European Societies written by Mia Korpiola and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-10-10 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyses the legal literacy, knowledge and skills of people in premodern and modernizing Europe. It examines how laymen belonging both to the common people and the elite acquired legal knowledge and skills, how they used these in advocacy and legal writing and how legal literacy became an avenue for social mobility. Taking a comparative approach, contributors consider the historical contexts of England, Finland, France, Germany, Italy and Sweden. This book is divided into two main parts. The first part discusses various groups of legal literates (scriveners, court of appeal judges and advocates) and their different paths to legal literacy from the Middle Ages to the nineteenth century. The second part analyses the rise of the ownership and production of legal literature – especially legal books meant for laymen – as means for acquiring a degree of legal literacy from the eighteenth to the early twentieth century.

Towards Improving Governance

Author : S. K. Agarwal
Publisher : Academic Foundation
ISBN 13 : 9788171886661
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (866 download)

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Download or read book Towards Improving Governance written by S. K. Agarwal and published by Academic Foundation. This book was released on 2008 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Compiled to identify both sound and unproductive practices while suggesting advancements for India's governance, this volume seeks to analyze India's efforts made towards progress and to eradicate corruption. Containing previous exemplary initiatives and information about public-domain tools, this resource deals with the perception of governance in India and its status in the monopolistic services including the four major ones--the police, judiciary, income tax, and property registration. This account also discusses citizens' charters, the right to information, e-governance, social audits, report cards, and the integrity pact as means for positive development.

Legal Literacy and Communication

Author : Jennifer Murphy Romig
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781531012618
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (126 download)

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Download or read book Legal Literacy and Communication written by Jennifer Murphy Romig and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book is designed expressly for students in Juris Master, Master of Jurisprudence, and Master of Legal Studies programs. This concise paperback empowers students whose professional background is outside of law with a foundational understanding of the United States legal system and insight into what lawyers do. The book covers key concepts, including: Understanding the roles of legislatures, agencies, and courts; Recognizing and using basic legal vocabulary in context; Reading a variety of legal documents efficiently and effectively; Writing law-related reports and correspondence; Reading and understanding the function of primary sources of law, including statutes, regulations, and cases; Understanding the basic elements of a contract and participating in contracting processes; and Recognizing and avoiding the unauthorized practice of law"--

The Legal Singularity

Author : Abdi Aidid
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1487529430
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (875 download)

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Download or read book The Legal Singularity written by Abdi Aidid and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2023-06-26 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Law today is incomplete, inaccessible, unclear, underdeveloped, and often perplexing to those whom it affects. In The Legal Singularity, Abdi Aidid and Benjamin Alarie argue that the proliferation of artificial intelligence–enabled technology – and specifically the advent of legal prediction – is on the verge of radically reconfiguring the law, our institutions, and our society for the better. Revealing the ways in which our legal institutions underperform and are expensive to administer, the book highlights the negative social consequences associated with our legal status quo. Given the infirmities of the current state of the law and our legal institutions, the silver lining is that there is ample room for improvement. With concerted action, technology can help us to ameliorate the problems of the law and improve our legal institutions. Inspired in part by the concept of the "technological singularity," The Legal Singularity presents a future state in which technology facilitates the functional "completeness" of law, where the law is at once extraordinarily more complex in its specification than it is today, and yet operationally, the law is vastly more knowable, fairer, and clearer for its subjects. Aidid and Alarie describe the changes that will culminate in the legal singularity and explore the implications for the law and its institutions.

And Justice for ELs

Author : Ayanna Cooper
Publisher : Corwin
ISBN 13 : 1071822292
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (718 download)

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Download or read book And Justice for ELs written by Ayanna Cooper and published by Corwin. This book was released on 2020-09-02 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: And Justice for ELs is a resource every school leader must read right away—for that matter, keep within arm’s reach because you’re certain to refer to it constantly. Ayanna Cooper, a former U.S. Department of State English Language Specialist, has "been there, done that" and is now prepared to share with you how best to translate today’s federal mandates into actionable steps for ensuring the civil rights of our nation’s multilingual learners. Because it is impossible to provide specific advice or guidance for every possible situation, Ayanna focuses on the "need-to knows" for making informed decisions within your own building: Eight questions you must ask—and how to obtain answers—before planning English language development services The most common EL program models, with special emphasis on scheduling, along with specific challenges and appropriate staffing The why and how of evaluating English language education, regardless of the evaluation tool, and ways to facilitate conversations with teachers before and after observation How to determine the type of professional learning that will have the greatest impact in your unique context Recommendations for establishing productive relationships with linguistically diverse families and communities Just about every tool you could possibly need, including a glossary of acronyms, useful advocacy organizations, and templates for supporting professional learning But what you’ll love most is the way Ayanna "keeps it real." Every chapter is framed around a "What Would You Do?" scenario, for which she ultimately provides an answer(s) as well as guiding questions to help you think through the issues. Take a look for yourself. We know you’ll agree that And Justice for ELs is without question a one-of-a-kind resource. "And Justice for ELs is an excellent guide for practitioners who seek to provide their English learners with high-quality instruction in all subject areas. Too often such students are relegated an education that marginalizes them academically and fails to develop their native language skills. We can and must do a better job for these students, and in this book Ayanna Cooper shows us how." ~Pedro A. Noguera

Censorship! ...or Selection?

Author : Shaheen Shariff
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9087903332
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (879 download)

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Download or read book Censorship! ...or Selection? written by Shaheen Shariff and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a must read for academics, policy-makers and teachers who grapple with policy and pedagogical decisions about what to include or exclude in schools that cater to diverse stakeholders.

The Ecology of Law

Author : Fritjof Capra
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1626562083
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (265 download)

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Download or read book The Ecology of Law written by Fritjof Capra and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2015-10-05 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner, IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award in Politics/Current Events: A systems theorist and a legal scholar present a new paradigm for protecting our planet. This is the first book to trace the fascinating parallel history of law and science from antiquity to modern times, showing how the two disciplines have always influenced each other—until recently. In the past few decades, science has shifted from seeing the natural world as a kind of cosmic machine best understood by analyzing each cog and sprocket to a systems perspective that views the world as a vast network of fluid communities and studies their dynamic interactions. The concept of ecology exemplifies this approach. But law is stuck in the old mechanistic paradigm: The world is simply a collection of discrete parts, and ownership of these parts is an individual right, protected by the state. Fritjof Capra, physicist, systems theorist, and bestselling author of The Tao of Physics, and distinguished legal scholar Ugo Mattei show that this obsolete worldview has led to overconsumption, pollution, and a general disregard on the part of the powerful for the common good. Capra and Mattei outline the basic concepts and structures of a legal order consistent with the ecological principles that sustain life on Earth that better addresses many of the economic and social crises we face today. This is a visionary reconceptualization of the very foundations of the Western legal system, a kind of Copernican revolution in the law, with profound implications for the future of our planet. “Thoughtful . . . The authors propose a philosophy and jurisprudence that is deeply radical—upending centuries of Western tradition and culture—but possibly crucial to solving looming environmental problems.” —Publishers Weekly

Women, Their Lives, and the Law

Author : Victoria Barnes
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1509962107
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book Women, Their Lives, and the Law written by Victoria Barnes and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-12-14 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays honours Rosemary Auchmuty, Professor of Law at the University of Reading, UK. She has fostered the study of women's academic careers and, more politically, advanced progress on gender and equality issues including same-sex marriage and property law. Her research promotes the case of feminist legal history as a way of revealing the place of women and challenging dominant historical narratives that cast them aside. Just as Rosemary's work does, the book seeks to end the marginalisation and exclusion of women in the legal world, by including them. The book begins fittingly with a discussion of Miss Bebb, the woman whose biography Auchmuty deployed to push feminist legal history into the mainstream. It turns then to a discussion of women known and unknown and their struggles within the legal profession offering within those chapters a critical appraisal of the role of history and biography as a methodology. From there it moves to consider feminist perspectives and critiques of the dominant structures of private law. This is followed by chapters that explore those who educate the legal profession within the academy. The chapters, and the collection as a whole, examine areas of law that have a deep significance for women's lives.