Ruling Case Law

Ruling Case Law
Author: William Mark McKinney
Publisher: General Books
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2012-04
Genre:
ISBN: 9781458971531
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: BANKRUPTCY I. Constitutionality, Purpose, And Effect Of Bankruptcy Laws II. Construction And Interpretation Of Bankruptcy Acts III. Bankruptcy Courts, Their Jurisdiction, Powers, And Procedure IV. Officers. Their Powers, Duties And Compensation V. Who May Become Bankrupts, And Acts Of Bankruptcy VI. Petition For Adjudication, Proceedings Thereon, AdJudication Or Dismissal VII. Partnership Cases VIII. Bankrupt's Duties; Protection, Detention, And Extra- Dition IX. Property Passing To Trustee?Trustee's Title X. Claims Against Estate XI. Exemptions, Dower Rights, Allowances, And Property Claims XII. Suits By And Against Bankrupts XIII. Suits Hy And Against Trustees XIV. Preferences XV. Liens, Fraudulent Conveyances And Similar Transfers XVI. Sales Of Assets XVII. Composition And Discharge XVIII. Contempts And Criminal Offenses XIX. Appeal And Error, Revision, Certificate And Certiorari I. Constitutionality, Purpose, and Effect of Bankruptcy Laws 1. Constitutionality and General Purpose 2. Effect on State Insolvency Laws and Proceedings in General 3. Effect on Assignments for Benefit of Creditors II. Construction and Interpretation of Bankruptcy Acts 4. In General 5. General Purpose and Spirit of Act Controlling 6. Legislative Policy, and Legislative History of Statute 7. Comparison with Earlier Bankruptcy Acts Judicially Construed 8. All Parts to be Construed Together and Harmonized 9. Presumption from Failure to Make Specific Provision 10. Meaning of Words and Phrases 11. Avoidance of Judicial Legislation 12. Mischievous Results to be Avoided 13. Inconvenience, Hardship, and Injustice to be Avoided 14. Construction Against Infliction of Penalty 15. Uureasonable or Absurd Constructions 16. D...

Essential Supreme Court Decisions

Essential Supreme Court Decisions
Author: John R. Vile
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Total Pages: 574
Release: 2010-12-28
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1442203862
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First published in 1954, this indispensable reference quickly became the gold standard for concise summaries of important U.S. Supreme Court cases. The only reference guide to Supreme Court cases organized both topically and chronologically within chapters so that readers understand how cases fit into a historical context, the 15th edition has been extensively revised to ensure that it remains the most up-to-date resource available. An essential resource for law students, lawyers, and everyone interested in our nation's Constitution and the Supreme Court decisions that explicate it.

Model Rules of Professional Conduct

Model Rules of Professional Conduct
Author: American Bar Association. House of Delegates
Publisher: American Bar Association
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2007
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9781590318737
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The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.

Brown v. Board of Education

Brown v. Board of Education
Author: James T. Patterson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 318
Release: 2001-03-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0199880840
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2004 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Supreme Court's unanimous decision to end segregation in public schools. Many people were elated when Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren delivered Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka in May 1954, the ruling that struck down state-sponsored racial segregation in America's public schools. Thurgood Marshall, chief attorney for the black families that launched the litigation, exclaimed later, "I was so happy, I was numb." The novelist Ralph Ellison wrote, "another battle of the Civil War has been won. The rest is up to us and I'm very glad. What a wonderful world of possibilities are unfolded for the children!" Here, in a concise, moving narrative, Bancroft Prize-winning historian James T. Patterson takes readers through the dramatic case and its fifty-year aftermath. A wide range of characters animates the story, from the little-known African Americans who dared to challenge Jim Crow with lawsuits (at great personal cost); to Thurgood Marshall, who later became a Justice himself; to Earl Warren, who shepherded a fractured Court to a unanimous decision. Others include segregationist politicians like Governor Orval Faubus of Arkansas; Presidents Eisenhower, Johnson, and Nixon; and controversial Supreme Court justices such as William Rehnquist and Clarence Thomas. Most Americans still see Brown as a triumph--but was it? Patterson shrewdly explores the provocative questions that still swirl around the case. Could the Court--or President Eisenhower--have done more to ensure compliance with Brown? Did the decision touch off the modern civil rights movement? How useful are court-ordered busing and affirmative action against racial segregation? To what extent has racial mixing affected the academic achievement of black children? Where indeed do we go from here to realize the expectations of Marshall, Ellison, and others in 1954?