Alabama Law. Welcome to the Alabama Law section of FindLaw's State Law collection. This section contains user-friendly summaries of Alabama laws as well as citations or links to relevant sections of Alabama's statutes. Please select a topic from the list below to get started.
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The University of Alabama School of Law is the only public law school in the state of Alabama. Some of University of Alabama School of Law’s program highlights: Guaranteed an opportunity to participate in one of seven law clinics; Listed #35 best law school in the country by the U.S. News and World Report (2011)
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For example, Alabama law requires an unlimited home builder contractor's license for any project that exceeds $10,000. A limited home builder's license would cover projects less than that in most cases. With a contractor license, Alabama construction companies can expand their business to new horizons. Furthermore, with a license, you:
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The Vaccine Mandate: A Case For Caution. On Friday, January 7, 2022, the United States Supreme Court will hear argument on one of the most contentious cases of modern times: National Federation of Independent Business v. Department of Labor, which addresses the question of whether the plaintiffs are entitled to a stay of legal proceedings until
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There are a number of law schools that have not been approved by the American Bar Association. Some states permit graduates of these schools to take the bar examination or will admit to their bars a graduate of a non-ABA-approved law school who has been admitted to the bar of another state.
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US Law, Case Law, Codes, Statutes & Regulations. Access to the law is critical to understanding your rights and your responsibilities when facing a variety of everyday legal issues and problems. The law belongs to all of us, and Justia is proud to offer free access to federal and state court decisions, codes, and regulations.
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In addition to defrauding the People by using “Words of Art” to change the meanings of words, the IRS also uses the Uniform Commercial Code (U.C.C.) as a tool of extortion to steal your substance under the guise of law. The Legislative History of the Federal Tax Lien Act of 1966, P.L. 89-719, explains that the entire taxing and monetary systems were placed under the …
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The minimum wage, however, is an amount set by law whereas the living wage is determined by the average costs to live or cover basic needs. The minimum wage is $7.25 an hour, which does equate a livable wage and would set a full-time worker earning that wage below the federal poverty line of $26,200 for a family of four.
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Extorting Low-Income Individuals to Help "the Poor". Many policies are supposedly justified because they would “take from the rich and give to the poor.”. While that fits with the view that theft “for a good purpose” makes one a philanthropist, from the perspective of self-ownership, it is an assertion that the majority’s might makes
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Constitutional law is an area of law dealing with the interpretation and application of the powers, rights, and freedoms established by a formally adopted constitution or charter. It encompasses the powers of the various branches of government and the rights of the people. Constitutional law evolves over time as it is interpreted by the courts
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A. Background. First, common law is still alive and well in ma ny aspects. This is the law that is common to the entire realm or population. 1. As the text states, common law includes some as pects of statutory and case law dating back prior to the American Revolution. a. What is Case Law. Case law is merely the rules of law announced in court
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As Jim Gibson, law professor and founder of the Intellectual Property Institute at the University of Richmond School of Law, put it to us: “Whether it’s wrong or not, in a moral sense, is something you can ask your friends or your minister. But whether it’s illegal from a copyright viewpoint, the best answer is, probably not on an
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The current federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour. In addition to a federal minimum wage, some states also have their own minimum wages, codified either in a state statute or in the state's constitution. States are broken up into 4 classifications for minimum wage: states with minimum wages higher than the federal government's.
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The purpose of the LSAT is to test the skills necessary for success in the first year of law school. Those skills include reading comprehension, reasoning, and writing, and the test results help admission decision makers and candidates alike gain valuable insight as to law school readiness. Studies have consistently shown the LSAT to be the
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3 Robina Inst. of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, Profiles in Probation Revocation: Examining the Legal Framework in 21 States (2014). 4 Minn. Stat. § 244.18 subd. 6 (2016) (“Use of fees. The local correctional fees shall be used by the local correctional agency to pay the costs of local correctional services.”).
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the principal reason for this rule is that, without it, people might be bound by a contract without knowing that their offers had been accepted, which could obviously create difficulties in all kinds of situations. The following case is an exception to that rule: Adams v Lindsell (1818) 1 B & Ald 681
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The University of Alabama School of Law is the only public law school in the state of Alabama. Some of University of Alabama School of Law’s program highlights: Listed #35 best law school in the country by the U.S. News and World Report (2011) The University of Arkansas is one of the cheapest law schools around.
Fortunately, there are a few law schools in the U.S. who focus on providing good value whilst maintaining relatively low fees. If you want to save money while studying law take a look below at the 13 cheapest law schools in the U.S. and some of their program highlights.
There are a number of law schools that have not been approved by the American Bar Association. Some states permit graduates of these schools to take the bar examination or will admit to their bars a graduate of a non-ABA-approved law school who has been admitted to the bar of another state. Most states do not.
Law in the United States is a mosaic of statutes, treaties, case law, Administrative Agency regulations, executive orders, and local laws. U.S. law can be bewildering because the laws of the various jurisdictions—federal, state, and local—are sometimes in conflict.