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Access to Justice Requires Access to Law. So Why Aren’t the Advocates of Each More Closely Aligned?

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legal system. The Legal Services Corporation estimates that 92% of the civil legal problems of the roughly 50 million low-income Americans receive no or insufficient legal help. For many with legal problems, simply knowing the law and their rights is the first step toward achieving a resolution.

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Spooky Torts: The 2022 List of Litigation Horrors

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She insists in the video that she knows all of the governing legal rules and shows the path in detail. Courts regularly exclude injuries associated with the exercise of free speech or artistic expression. McKamey insists that it is just a “crazy haunted house” and stops well short of the legal-definition of torture.

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Spooky Torts: The 2021 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

However, there are still some notable additions that raise more legal frights. Courts regularly exclude injuries associated with the exercise of free speech or artistic expression. McKamey insists that it is just a “crazy haunted house” and stops well short of the legal-definition of torture. Again, the court agreed.

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The CISG Applies to Hong Kong and Mainland China Now: Shall Macau Follow Suit?

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Chi is now working as a legal counsel at the Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration (SCIA) and the South China International Arbitration Center (Hong Kong) (SCIAHK). Contrary to international tribunals and the Court of Appeal of Singapore’s confirmative and liberal stances, Chinese government and commentators said no. [7]

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Spooky Torts: The 2023 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

On June 15, 2023, the court issued the ultimate judgment not only on the torts claims but perhaps the state of our politics. Louis, a Missouri court was faced with a claim from Carly Munoz who in 2019 sent to Six Flags’ Fright Fest with her cousin. In another June 2023 decision in Munoz v. Six Flags St.

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