xv, 448 pages : illustrations, maps, forms, ; 28 cm
Notes:
Includes index
Contents:
Court systems and jurisdiction Criminal trial procedure Civil trial procedure Defensive pleadings in civil trials Methods of discovery Pretrial hearing and jury trial Steps in a trial Legal ethics Constitutional law Crimes, accomplices and defenses Crimes against property Crimes against the person and human habitation Homicide Crimes against morality and drug abuse Torts and tortfeasors Intentional torts Negligence and product liability Formation of contracts Contract requirements Third parties and discharge of contracts Personal property and bailments Intellectual property Law of agency Wills, testaments, and advance directives Revocation, lapses, and ademption Principal clauses in a will Disinheritance and intestacy Personal representative of the estate Settling an estate Trusts Estates in real property Multiple ownership of real property Acquiring title to real property Deeds Mortgages Landlord and tenant Marriage, divorce, and dissolution of marriage Divorce procedure Business organization The law of bankruptcy
