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Harvard Law School

Published on Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:29:50 PST

Harvard Law SchoolHarvard Law School (also known as Harvard Law or HLS) is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it is the United States' oldest law school in continuous operation. It is home to the largest academic law library in the world. It is currently ranked the second best law school in the United States by U.S. News & World Report, behind Yale Law School.Harvard Law introduced what became the standard first-year curriculum fo read more..

Harvard Law School

Published on Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:29:22 PST

Harvard Law SchoolHarvard Law School (also known as Harvard Law or HLS) is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it is the United States' oldest law school in continuous operation. It is home to the largest academic law library in the world. It is currently ranked the second best law school in the United States by U.S. News & World Report, behind Yale Law School.Harvard Law introduced what became the standard first-year curriculum fo read more..

Bankruptcy in the United States

Published on Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:28:47 PST

The United States Constitution (Article 1, Section 8, Clause 4) authorizes Congress to enact "uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States." Congress has exercised this authority several times since 1801, most recently by adopting the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, codified in Title 11 of the United States Code, commonly referred to as the Bankruptcy Code. The Bankruptcy Code has been amended several times since 1978, most recently in 2005 through the Bankruptcy Abuse read more..

Law of the United States

Published on Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:28:32 PST

The law of the United States was originally largely derived from the common law system of English law, which was in force at the time of the Revolutionary War.[1] However, the supreme law of the land is the United States Constitution and, under the Constitution's Supremacy Clause, laws enacted by Congress and treaties to which the U.S. is a party. These form the basis for federal laws under the federal constitution in the United States, circumscribing the boundaries of the jurisdiction of federa read more..

H-1B visa to US

Published on Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:28:19 PST

he H-1B is a non-immigrant visa in the United States under the Immigration & Nationality Act, section 101(a)(15)(H). It allows U.S. employers to employ foreign guest workers in specialty occupations.The regulations define a “specialty occupation” as requiring theoretical and practical application of a body of highly specialized knowledge in a field of human endeavor including, but not limited to, architecture, engineering, mathematics, physical sciences, social sciences, medicine and health, read more..

United States copyright law

Published on Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:28:03 PST

United States copyright law governs the legally enforceable rights of creative and artistic works under the laws of the United States.Copyright law in the United States is part of federal law, and is authorized by the U.S. Constitution. The power to enact copyright law is granted in Article I, Section 8, Clause 8, also known as the Copyright Clause, which states: The Congress shall have Power [. . .] To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors read more..

CIA Central Intelligence Agency

Published on Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:27:36 PST

CIAABC News reported on April 9, 2008 that "the most senior Bush administration officials discussed and approved specific details of how high-value al Qaeda suspects would be interrogated by the Central Intelligence Agency." The article states that those involved included: Vice President Cheney, former National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Secretary of State Colin Powell, as well as CIA Director George Tenet and Attorney General John Ashcroft.In Dec read more..

Department of Defense

Published on Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:25:17 PST

Department of DefenseIn November 2006, the former U.S. Army Brigadier General Janis Karpinski, in charge of Abu Ghraib prison until early 2004, told Spain's El Pais newspaper she had seen a letter apparently signed by United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld that allowed civilian contractors to use techniques such as sleep deprivation during interrogation. "The methods consisted of making prisoners stand for long periods, sleep deprivation ... playing music at full volume, having to si read more..

Enhanced interrogation techniques in US

Published on Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:24:34 PST

Enhanced interrogation techniques, rough interrogation, the Central Intelligence Agency’s interrogation methods, and alternative set of procedures are terms adopted by the George W. Bush administration to describe methods of torture used by the US military intelligence and the CIA, allegedly necessary to extract information from captives as part of the War on Terror.Despite the euphemism "enhanced interrogation techniques" the International Committee of the Red Cross, the United Nations, the C read more..

Section 377A of the Penal Code (Singapore)

Published on Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:22:28 PST

Section 377A of the Penal Code of Singapore is the main remaining piece of legislation which criminalises sex between mutually consenting adult men.Section 377A ("Outrages on decency") states that: Any male person who, in public or private, commits, or abets the commission of, or procures or attempts to procure the commission by any male person of, any act of gross indecency with another male person, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 2 years. read more..

Indian Act

Published on Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:22:04 PST

The Indian Act ("An Act respecting Indians"), R.S., 1985, c. I-5, is a Canadian statute that concerns registered Indians (that is, First Nations peoples of Canada), their bands, and the system of Indian reserves. The Indian Act was enacted in 1876 by the Parliament of Canada under the provisions of Section 91(24) of the Constitution Act, 1867, which provides Canada's federal government exclusive authority to legislate in relation to "Indians and Lands Reserved for Indians". The Indian Act is adm read more..

Law Commission of India

Published on Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:21:41 PST

Law Commission of India is an executive body established by an order of the Government of India. Its major function is to work for legal reform. It membership primarily comprises legal experts, who are entrusted a mandate by the Government. The Commission is established for a fixed tenure and works as an advisory body to the Ministry of Law and Justice.The first Law Commission was established during the British regime in 1834 by the Charter Act of 1833. After that three more Commissions were est read more..

Indian Penal Code

Published on Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:21:19 PST

Indian Penal Code (IPC, Hindi: भारतीय दण्ड संहिता)is an exhaustive document that covers almost all the crime happening in the society. It is a British colonial legislation in India in 1860.Now it provides a penal code for all of India including Jammu and Kashmir, where it was renamed the Ranbir Penal Code (RPC). The code applies to any offence committed by an Indian Citizen anywhere and on any Indian registered ship or aircraft (This law does not however apply to read more..

Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code

Published on Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:20:50 PST

Chapter XVI, Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code a piece of legislation in India introduced during British rule of India used to criminalise homosexual activity.It is also commonly referred to as the ‘Anti-sodomy Law’. The Section 377 was drafted in 1860 by Lord Macaulay as a part of the colonial project of regulating and controlling the British- and Indian-origin subjects, which reads: * Unnatural offenses: Whoever voluntarily has carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any read more..

Dowry law in India

Published on Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:20:08 PST

Dowries Gifts given by the parents of the bride are considered "stri-dhan", i.e. property of the woman, traditionally representing her share of her parent's wealthThe 1961 Dowry Prohibition ActThis act prohibits the request, payment or acceptance of a dowry, "as consideration for the marriage". where "dowry" is defined as a gift demanded or given as a precondition for a marriage. Gifts given without a precondition are not considered dowry, and are legal. Asking or giving of dowry can be punished read more..

The Indian Journal of Law and Technology (IJLT)

Published on Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:09:33 PST

The Indian Journal of Law and Technology (IJLT) is an annually published legal journal produced by the students of the National Law School of India University, Bangalore, India. It is managed and published by the Law and Technology Committee of the Student Bar Association at the National Law School, and is edited by an editorial board comprising students and refereed by an independent Article Review Board comprising industry and legal experts.The IJLT was founded in August 2004, in order to furn read more..

The impact of globalization on real estate brokers' activities

Published on Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:05:28 PST

The impact of globalization on real estate brokers' activitiesGlobalization has had an immediate and powerful impact on real estate markets, making them an international working place. The rapid growth of the Internet has made the international market accessible to millions of consumers. A look at recent changes in homeownership rates illustrates this. Minority homeownership jumped by 4.4 million during the 1990s, reaching 12.5 million in 2000, according to the Fannie Mae Foundation. Foreign dir read more..

Real estate broker

Published on Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:04:49 PST

Real estate brokerA real estate broker is a term in the United States and Canada which describes a party who acts as an intermediary between sellers and buyers of real estate (or real property as it is known elsewhere) and attempts to find sellers who wish to sell and buyers who wish to buy. In the United States, the relationship was originally established by reference to the English common law of agency with the broker having a fiduciary relationship with his clients.Estate agent is the term us read more..

Dating game show

Published on Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:03:53 PST

Dating game showDating game shows are television game shows, some say reality game shows, that incorporate a dating system in the form of a game with clear rules. Human matchmaking is involved only in selecting the game's contestants - usually for amusement value as opposed to any concern for their happiness or compatibility. The audience sees only the game - an important feature of all dating game shows is that the contestants have little or no previous knowledge of each other, and are exposed read more..

Speed dating

Published on Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:02:49 PST

Speed datingSpeed dating is a formalized matchmaking process or dating system whose purpose is to encourage people to meet a large number of new people. Its origins are credited to Rabbi Yaacov Deyo of Aish HaTorah, originally as a way to help Jewish singles meet and marry."SpeedDating", as a single word, is a registered trademark of Aish HaTorah. "Speed dating", as two separate words, is often used as a generic term for similar events.The first speed-dating event took place at Pete’s Café in read more..

Study Abroad Program

Published on Sat, 17 Jan 2009 20:54:56 PST

Study Abroad ProgramIf your university abroad requires you to write a personal essay or statement for your application (some don't!), doing so isn't as big a deal as those essays you wrote for admission to college — unless it must be written in a foreign language. The host school usually merely wants to find out more about you, why you want to study abroad, and whether you can intelligently think and express yourself in writing. The length requirement for these essays is typically less than tw read more..

Love is a part of life

Published on Sat, 17 Jan 2009 20:53:35 PST

Benjamin Franklin once said, "If you would be loved, love and be lovable." Love is something we are all in at least one time or another in our life. There are many different meanings for the word love and many people interpret it differently. Love as defined by Webster's dictionary is a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person. When you love someone you care not only care about them as a person, but also about their well being. When they are hurt, you feel hurt and when they read more..

Real estate: busts don't follow booms

Published on Sat, 17 Jan 2009 20:41:48 PST

A new report shows modest connection between housing booms and later busts: Still, that represented just 15 percent -- a total of 55 -- of the country's 362 metro areas, leading some to question whether the reports of a real estate bubble have been greatly exaggerated. Does that 15 percent exposure threaten to infect regions beyond the already feverish markets of the Northeast, California, and Florida? Or does the 15 percent represent a modest number of homeowners who could be hurt by a ma read more..

Is the Real Estate Boom in Panama a Bubble?

Published on Sat, 17 Jan 2009 20:39:45 PST

This is all very positive. But I'm a little bit cynical and I see all this as wonderful, having already bought my Panama land, but also a sign of a possible Panama real estate "bubble". Could it suddenly pop? I've given it considerable thought and here are my comments. Please keep in mind that these are opinions, not predictions. I could be very wrong or right on the money. You can make your own judgment when you visit. read more..

Us Mortgage Crises

Published on Sat, 17 Jan 2009 20:38:47 PST

US mortgage crisis: A subprimer What is a sub-prime loan? In the US, borrowers are rated either as ‘prime’ - indicating that they have a good credit rating based on their track record - or as ‘sub-prime’, meaning their track record in repaying loans has been below par. Loans given to sub-prime borrowers, something banks would normally be reluctant to do, are categorized as sub-prime loans. Typically, it is the poor and the young who form the bulk of sub-prime borrowers.Why loans were gi read more..