501 Legal Systems/ Paralegalism-

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Substantive Law

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Law that defines the rights and duties of individuals

A Law prohibiting employement discrimination on the basis of age falls into the catergory of substantive law.

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Procedural Law

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establishes the methods of enforcing the rights established by substantive law.

Questions about what documents need to be filed to begin a lawsuit, when the documents should be filed, which court will hear the case, which witnesses will be called, and the like are all procedural law questions.

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Freelance Paralegal

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A paralegal who operates his or her own business and provides services to attorneys on a contract basis. A freelance paralegal works under the supervision of an attorney, who assumes responsibility for the paralegal's work product.

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Legal Technician or Independent paralegal

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A paralegal who offers services directly to the public without attorney supervison. Independ paralegals assist consumers by supplying them with forms and procedural knowlege relating to simple or routine legal procedures.

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Plantiff

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A party who intiates a lawwuit.

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Defendant

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A party against whom a lawsuit is brought.

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Corporate Law

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Law that governs the formation financing, merger and acquisition, and termination of corporations, as well as the rights and duties of those who own and run the corporation.

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Real Estate

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Land and things permanetly attached to the land, such as houses, buildings, and trees.

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Tort

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A civil wrong not arising from a breach of contract, a violation of a legal duty causes harm to another.

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Insurance

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essentially a contract by which an insurance company (the insurer) promises to pay a sum or give something of value to another (either the insured or the beneficiary of the insurance policy) to compensate the other for a specified loss.