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"This book is a look at rules and laws that have been created around the world over many years, divided into four sections: people problems, sports zone, entertainment interrupted, and kid concerns. It features some of the funniest, scariest, most maddening, and confusing regulations, leaving readers questioning just who makes the rules and how they might be changed. With sidebars that encourage critical thinking and extend additional information,...
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Once in a great while a book comes along that changes the way we see the world and helps to fuel a nationwide social movement. The New Jim Crow is such a book. This book directly challenges the notion that the election of Barack Obama signals a new era of colorblindness. With dazzling candor, legal scholar Michelle Alexander argues that 'we have not ended racial caste in America; we have merely redesigned it.' By targeting black men through the War...
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Nolo
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2023.
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This book is for current and aspiring entrepreneurs, as well as managers and other critical small business employees, who want practical and comprehensive guidance on business laws--without paying a lot in legal fees. The book helps owners and managers successfully begin and run a small business, covering topics like raising start-up money, protecting personal assets, negotiating leases and contracts, and more.
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Richard Alderman, "The People's Lawyer," cuts through the legal jargon and helps you protect yourself, your family, and your property. This latest, updated edition gives you practical, easy-to-understand answers to all kinds of everyday questions about divorce, child support, and child custody; credit, bankruptcy, and debt collection; starting a business; leases and tenant rights; small claims court and lawyers; wills and probate; false advertising...
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc
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[2024]
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Small business owners in the US face enough challenges without overpaying tax. Despite this, millions of small businesses miss out on crucial deductions, tax credits, and tax-saving moves every year, resulting in higher-than-necessary tax bills. In J.K. Lasser's Small Business Taxes 2024: Your Complete Guide to a Better Bottom Line, renowned attorney and small business advocate Barbara Weltman offers a thorough and exhaustively researched roadmap...
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Beacon Press
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[2020]
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"An explanation of shariah, the much-maligned Islamic religious law, including its development, its disruption, how it operates in the world both personally in the lives of Muslims and as law, and the misinformation campaign that has made it into a scare word"--
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"Chertoff [posits] that our laws and policies surrounding the protection of personal information, written for an earlier time, need to be ... overhauled in the Internet era. On the one hand, the collection of data--more widespread by business than by government, and impossible to stop--should be facilitated as an ultimate protection for society. On the other, standards under which information can be inspected, analyzed, or used must be significantly...
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Nolo
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2023.
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"Now more than ever, small business owners need to understand tax rules to take advantage of the many tax benefits available to them, from deductions to tax credits to retirement plans. This book teaches business owners what they need to know to make the best tax-related decisions in all aspects of their business. It is completely updated to cover new changes to the tax laws under post-COVID tax relief legislation"--
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Nolo
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2023.
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"For any home business, claiming all the tax deductions you are entitled to is essential to your business's financial success. Don't miss out on the many valuable deductions you can claim. Here you'll find out how to deduct start-up costs; home office expenses; vehicles, meals, and travel expenses; medical expenses; and retirement expenses"--Back cover.
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En Colombia ha sido muy extensa -y, en algunos aspectos, contradictoria- la legislación sobre seguridad social. Esta obra, dirigida a estudiantes y profesionales del derecho, contadores, administradores y ciudadanos en general, contiene un análisis crítico del desarrollo del Sistema de Seguridad Social colombiano y las nuevas instituciones que se han creado a partir de 1993, año de expedición de la Ley 100.
Los primeros capítulos tratan la evolución...
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Nolo
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2023.
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Green cards, visas, and more: What every immigrant needs to know Want to live, work, or travel in the United States? U.S. Immigration Made Easy has helped tens of thousands of people get a visa, green card, or other immigration status. You'll learn: whether you and your family qualify for a short-term visa, permanent U.S. residence, or protection from deportation, how to obtain, fill out, and submit the necessary forms and documents, insider strategies...
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Nolo
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[2022].
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"Divorce is never easy, but with the information in Nolo's Essential Guide to Divorce, you can make the process as simple, inexpensive, and conflict-free as possible. With compassion and expertise, family law attorney Emily Doskow explains how to make divorce less painful by helping you: understand the divorce process; minimize day-to-day conflict with your spouse; work with lawyers or mediators without breaking the bank; avoid costly, exhausting...
20) The Common Law
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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841—1935) is generally considered one of the two greatest justices of the United States Supreme Court, Chief Justice John Marshall being the other. In more than 2000 opinions, he delineated an impressive legal philosophy that profoundly influenced American jurisprudence, particularly in the area of civil liberties and judicial restraint. At the same time, his abilities as a prose stylist earned him a position among the...
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