For our purposes, we will divide the contractual elements into four parts: (1) offer and acceptance, (2) consideration, (3) legal capacity and (4) legal purpose. If these phrases sound intimidating, fear not. These are just legal terms for simple, everyday concepts. I`m sure you`ll find them familiar when we…

“I always tell my clients, `Wear what you would wear to church.` (or “At the interview.”) It may still work in some parts of the Deep South where I practice, but even then it`s really risky. Let`s start with the facts: while I don`t know exactly who goes to…

Currently, raffles with various restrictions are legal in 47 of the 50 states. The states that completely ban raffles are Alabama, Hawaii and Utah. The Charitable Raffle Enabling Act, Chapter 2002 of the Occupations Code (CREA), sets out guidelines for raffles in Texas. See Tex. occ. Code Ann. Ch….

Non-malevolence means doing no harm. Providers should consider whether their actions could harm the patient through omission or commission. The guiding principle primum non nocere, “above all do no harm,” is based on the Hippocratic Oath. A health care provider`s actions or practices are “right” as long as they…

Your friends may also have trouble adjusting to your new identity, and it may be uncomfortable calling you by the name you just chose. In all other cases, the change of name of a minor child requires the filing of an application with the court. You probably expect to…

DO NOT USE NEWREZ… The biggest mistake I made. I tried to refi. Since May, October is still pending. They keep transferring me to new credit processors. I sent the same documents several times. Unable to reach someone by phone. My loan was approved 2 months ago and is…

The legal smoking age in England could be raised from 18 to 21 after a “radical” review of plans to make the country smoke-free by 2030. In 1962, more than 70% of British men and 40% of British women smoked. [1] As recently as 1974, 45% of the British…

Constitutional law refers to the rights enshrined in federal and state constitutions. Much of this body of legislation has evolved from decisions of the State Supreme Court and the federal government, which interpret their respective constitutions and ensure that laws passed by the legislature do not exceed constitutional boundaries….

The dialectic between inclinationist and knowledge-derived representations of early principles of natural law is central to the epistemology of natural law, but there are other accounts of knowledge of natural law that focus on its social dimension. Alasdair MacIntyre, for example, argued that the first commandments of natural law…

When people think of remedies, they too often think only of financial compensation. But that is not the main purpose of reparation. Survivors of human rights violations, like Chilean victims of crimes against humanity, want – and have the right to – truth and justice. Ensuring reparation is not…