Family Law category: 810 books
My Story Starts Here
Voices of Young Offenders
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2019
Jamar found refuge in a gang after leaving an abusive home where his mother stole from him. Fred was arrested for assault with a weapon, public intoxication and attacking his mother while on drugs. Jeremy first went to court at age fourteen (“Court gives you the feeling that you can never make up...
Real Justice: Branded a Baby Killer
The Story of Tammy Marquardt
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2015
In 1991, nineteen-year-old Tammy Marquardt gave birth to a baby boy, Kenneth. Two years later he was dead. Tammy was convicted of his murder and sent to prison for life. Her conviction hinged largely on the evidence given by Dr. Charles Smith, the pediatric forensic pathologist at Toronto's famed...
Our Non-Christian Nation
How Atheists, Satanists, Pagans, and Others Are Demanding Their Rightful Place in Public Life
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2019
Less and less Christian demographically, America is now home to an ever-larger number of people who say they identify with no religion at all. These non-Christians have increasingly been demanding their full participation in public life, bringing their arguments all the way to the Supreme Court. The...
Human Rights of Older People
Universal and Regional Legal Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2015
This book focuses on descriptions of the developments in legal frameworks and policies regarding the human rights of older persons. First, it covers the policies adopted and practices developed at the universal system, particularly within the sphere of the United Nations. Second, it includes a side-by-side...
Special Needs and Legal Entitlement, Second Edition
The Essential Guide to Getting out of the Maze
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2017
Fully updated to include the most recent developments in law and practice, the second edition of this comprehensive and straightforward guide to the legal rights of children and young people with special educational needs clearly explains the key issues in a complex system.
Helping parents...
A Fundamental Freedom
Why Republicans, Conservatives, and Libertarians Should Support Gay Rights
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2012
It is an axiom of modern American politics that many Republicans and most conservatives are not only anti-gay but that they have capitulated to an anti-gay agenda formulated and pursued by the religious right for the past several decades. In A Fundamental Freedom, David Lampo makes the case that support...
Islam and the West
The Limits of Freedom of Religion
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2014
Religious Intolerance is on the rise. Debating religious freedom often means debating «West» versus «Islam». This book challenges crucial stereotypes around this issue. It explores the scope of the right to freedom of religion in the International Treaties and Declarations and investigates why...
by Jay Robert Bales
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2010
This book is meant to help open a line of communications between the middle-school reader and a loved one or family friend who is in prison. It is the author's hope that valuable information will be received by the reader and used as a foundation of learning and understanding more about the criminal...
by Troy Veenstra
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2011
In Maryland, 1994, Kenneth Peacock returned home to find his wife of several years in bed with another man.
After chasing the man out of the house at gunpoint, he spent several more hours drinking and arguing with his adulterous wife before shooting her in the head with his single shot rifle...
by Walter Davis
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2010
In 'A Reasonable Person', Mark Dorsey applies all of his legal skills in a parade of trials representing clients being sued in quest of insurance company dollars. The story centers on Dorsey's attempts to find harmony in his professional and personal lives. While facing a never ending trial schedule,...
Sex Offender Treatment
Psychological and Medical Approaches
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
This important volume brings together findings in the psychological and medical treatment of sex offenders. It disseminates research from experts around the world in the field of sex offender treatment, making this knowledge available to researchers and clinicians everywhere. Professionals struggling...
Embracing Elderhood
Planning for the Next Stage of Life
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2014
Finally! A practical guide to walk you through the process of planning for a longer life. Using her years of experience as an Elder Law and Estate Planning attorney, and the personal lessons she learned walking her own parents through this process, Laurie Menzies explains, in practical terms, the best...
by William Fisher
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2013
Experts explore the need for cooperation between the law and helping professions in order to lessen the trauma of the divorce process.
by Jürgen Alberts
Language: German
Release Date: September 15, 2014
Language: German
Release Date: September 15, 2014
Zum jährlichen Familienfoto hat sich die gesamte hanseatische Huneus-Familie versammelt. Alle männlichen Mitglieder und die fast hundertjährige Helene sind angesehene Anwälte in der Stadt. Auch Gabriele, die gerade volljährig geworden ist, soll Anwältin werden. Doch ihr ist nicht zum Feiern zu...