volume 1. Americans with Disabilities Act to First Amendment law -- volume 2. Health care to travel.

What is involved in estate planning? What can I do legally if I have noisy neighbors? What are the consequences of an expired visa? The 'Gale encyclopedia of everyday law' fills a much-needed gap between legal texts focusing on the theory and history behi

"This encyclopedia fills a much-needed gap between legal texts focusing on the theory and history behind the law and more practical guides dealing with the law and its everyday effect upon its citizens. Containing approximately 200 articles, the Encyclopedia includes: brief descriptions of each issue's historical background, covering important statutes and cases; profiles of various U.S. laws and regulations; and details of how laws and regulations vary from state to state."--Publisher description.

volume 1. Americans with Disabilities Act to First Amendment law -- volume 2. Health care to travel.

Provides an overview of the American legal system and offers a series of essays explaining the law on topics including civil rights, consumer issues, the First Amendment, taxes, and estate planning.

This encyclopedia fills a much-needed gap between legal texts focusing on the theory and history behind the law and more practical guides dealing with the law and its everyday effect upon its citizens. Containing approximately 200 articles, the Encyclopedia includes: brief descriptions of each issue's historical background, covering important statutes and cases; profiles of various U.S. laws and regulations; and details of how laws and regulations vary from state to state.

Rev. ed. of: West's encyclopedia of American law. 2nd ed. c2005.

Electronic version of Junior Worldmark encyclopedia of world cultures. Detroit: UXL, 1999. 9 v.

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