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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"legal writing"”.
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‘Handmaides to the Knowledge of Lawes’: Classical Scholarship and Natural Law as Sources of Legal Theory in the Age of Edward Coke
… and natural law were employed as sources of legal theory by prominent common law jurists in the age of Edward Coke, identified as approximately 1580–1640, where native common law theory and structure were lacking. It examines the ways in which, and extent to which, these works were employed …
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Complying shipping documents under UCP 600
… never made before in another piece of legal writing, is the proposal that the location of the Fraud Exception to the Autonomy Principle of letters of credit, and indeed all exceptions to the principle, are to be found in the UCP themselves. Where past research has adamantly held that …
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Narratives in early Irish law tracts
… no systematic study has been conducted of these legal narratives, this thesis serves as an introduction by giving firstly an index of narratives and secondly a categorisation of them in terms of distribution, dates and functions. It then carries out a general analysis of the relationship between …
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Dlíthe Luath-Ghaeilge: Staidéar ar Theanga agus ar Dhátú Gluaiseanna agus Tráchtanna
… the language and dating of later medieval Irish legal writing. Three texts are analysed: the ‘Marriage Disputes’ commentary, edited by Fergus Kelly (2014); the glosses and commentaries copied by Scribe 1 of Cáin Lánamna (ed. Charlene Eska, 2010); and the glosses on Gúbretha Caratniad, edited by …
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"""Stories from our people"": immigrants, brokers, and literacy as affinity"
… as individuals assisting others with writing—approach brokers mainly for their instrumental role as translators, editors, or scribes, my study proposes that literacy brokers’ emotional work of mediation must be further explored. I argue that literacy brokers perform mediation through …
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Blending Doctrine, Practice, and Purpose in Legal Education: The Case for an Integrated Pedagogy
Traditional legal education is sorely imbalanced. A law student receives rigorous training in legal doctrine and analytical skills—he learns to "think like a lawyer"—but is left with little training in practical skills or his ethical role in society. Moreover, law schools rely almost exclusively on …
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Examining Orders of Protection: An Analysis of the Court System in a Rural Tennessee County.
<p>To provide safety to domestic violence victims, law reform efforts provided victims with a civil remedy in which a judge orders the abuser to stay away from the victim.</p><p>The research uses 1 rural county judicial system data to evaluate protective orders. Findings indicate that 42% of …
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A Content Analysis of Section 1983 Litigation Against Reserve Police Officers
<p>Police studies have well developed a demonstrative framework for detailing risks which generate financially-detrimental civil litigation – particularly regarding 42 U.S.C. §1983. Conversely, though, police studies have given little attention to the often-used but differentially-trained reserve …
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In ruimtes vasgekeer: 'n Kognitiewe benadering tot metafore in dekoloniale diskoers
Afrikaans: Die kognitiewe linguistiek voer aan dat meeste abstrakte konsepte slegs in terme van metafore bedink en verstaan kan word. Dekolonialiteit as abstrakte konsep is steeds ’n vurige besprekingspunt in die konteks van hoër onderwys in Suid-Afrika. Hierdie verhandeling beoog om die verband …