USA Law

Category: Personal injury

  • Personal Injury

    Personal Injury in the United States Civil law disputes that stem from an accident of some kind. Personal or bodily injury cases account for a substantial number of actions under tort law. Tort law covers noncriminal wrong done by one person to another. Although tort law also includes damage […]

  • Guide to Legal Assistance for Women

    Guide to Legal Assistance for Women in the United States Legal MomentumFounded in 1970 as NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund, Legal Momentum has employed cutting edge legal, legislative and educational strategies to secure equality and justice for women. Their work focuses on three broad […]

  • Legal subjects

    Legal subjects in the United States List of legal subjects proposed by the Encyclopedia: Academic list: Administrative Law Administrative Law Admiralty & Maritime Advanced Legal Concepts Advanced Legal Research (Year) Advocacy Agency law Agriculture Law Alternative Dispute […]

  • Human rights international conventions

    Human rights international conventions in the United States Protocol No 2 to the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 4.11.1993 Protocol No 1 to the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading […]

  • Theories of Tort Law: Justice, Rights, and Duties

    Main source: Coleman, Jules and Mendlow, Gabriel, Theories of Tort Law, The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2010 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = . Related: causation: in the law | contracts, theories of | criminal law, theories of | justice: distributive | property and […]

  • Theories of Tort Law: Economic Analysis

    Main source: Coleman, Jules and Mendlow, Gabriel, Theories of Tort Law, The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2010 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = . Theories of Tort Law: Economic Analysis in the United States Rather than surveying the range of economic theories, this entry […]

  • Theories of Tort Law

    Theories of Tort Law in the United States Tort Law Note: for a detailed overview of the United States tort law, see here. They include: • The precautionary principle • Tort rationales (including references to Kantian philosophy) • The relation of tort law to public law • Materials on […]

  • Legal cases relating to a car accident

    Legal cases relating to a car accident in the United States It is recommended to hire an attorney or seek legal counsel through one of the social agencies providing legal assistance. If you cannot hire an attorney, consider coming to court to review proceedings well in advance of your trial […]

  • Malfeasance concepts

    Malfeasance concepts in United States Malfeasance concepts See Malfeasance concepts – Malfeasance concepts – Malpractice – What is Malpractice? – Malpractice concepts Failure to do or perform something competently (Malfeasance) A lawyer may be liable for malpractice if he or she […]

  • Direct Examination and Harmful Facts

    Direct Examination and Harmful Facts in the United States Ron Miller at the Trial Lawyer Resource Center discusses the “sponsorship” rule for direct examination.  Like Miller, I have always heard that it is better to address harmful facts in direct examination (sponsor them) than to let […]