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Archive for December, 2010

Following the partition of Pakistan in 1947, the Islamic family law regulating marriage and divorce introduced under the British rule continued to govern until 1961 when the government of Pakistan passed the Muslim Family Law Ordinance (MFLO) to regulate divorce in that country.The Constitution of Pakistan requires all laws to be brought in accordance with the Quran and the Sunnah which constitutes the deeds and sayings of Muhammad, the prophet of Islam. Chapter 3A establishes the Federal Shariat Court. The law of marriage and divorce is governed by the rules of Islamic sharia.The law requires the age of males entering into marriage to be 18, and for females 16; there are penalties for contracting under-age marriages, though under age marriages in Pakistan remain valid regardless of the age limit. As to the guardianship issue, the law requires the application of the Hanafi School of Jurisprudence allowing a woman to contract .. more»

A divorce is a difficult situation. When you add immigration to the mix, things really become complicated. It's important to be aware of the ways a divorce can affect a person's immigration status. It has been estimated that close to 400,000 people in the United States marry individuals from foreign countries each year taking steps to secure permanent residency for their foreign-born spouses. The law states that spouses of U.S.-born citizens are considered "immediate relatives." This conditional status provides a much faster route to getting a green card.In the event that a marriage fails, you will need to consider immigration issues and how they should be handled. This is especially true when there are children involved. In most cases a foreign-born spouse going through the divorce process will be granted conditional permanent residence. This means that he may continue living in the U.S. for two more years. This provides time .. more»

A personal injury is any injury to a persons mind, body, or emotions. This differentiates personal injury from damage done to property. This term is most commonly applied in tort law when a plaintiff claims that their injury was caused by the negligence of another. If the negligence of the accused party can be proven, the plaintiff may be entitled to monetary compensation. Personal injury law is the set of laws that govern any claims that are made by one party against another. Personal injury claims are a type of tort lawsuit.Some of the more typical types of personal injury claims include accidents at work, road traffic accidents, accidents at home, assault claims, and defective product accidents. Personal injury also applies to medical and dental accidents and industrial disease cases (mesothelioma, asbestosis).The UK has its own unique set of laws pertaining to personal injury claims that sets it apart from .. more»

While we all have a strong tendency to think that eyewitness accounts of a crime are very accurate, they may actually be the worst form of evidence. As study after study has shown, eyewitness testimony is one of the most unreliable types of all evidence.Therefore, when we are interviewing witnesses, we are sometimes faced with a dilemma: the person being interviewed exhibits truthful signs and "signals", yet their eyewitness account is dramatically different from other witnesses and/or evidence at a crime scene. Our natural inclination may be to think the person is lying, but in actuality, they are telling their version of the truth.Have you ever heard the old axiom "Perception is Reality?"The following factors all influence eyewitness accounts of a crime:Weapon Focus -There is a strong tendency to focus on that which presents the greatest immediate threat to the body (Psychological Set). This manifests itself in witnesses focusing on .. more»

The United States was founded by, essentially immigrants. For years, millions of people have arrived in the United States seeking a better life. Starting in the late 19th century, the immigration policy of the United States began to change.From 1776 to 1875, the United States had an open-door policy towards immigration. The president could expel a foreign national who was deemed dangerous to the security of the Untied States but that was the only provision to limit immigration. The policy was so open-door that Congress passed a law in 1864 to encourage immigration to the United States.In 1875, that all began to change. The first laws were passed in this year to restrict immigration. These original laws weren't an effort to curb numbers so much as to restrict less than savory individuals from immigrating to the United States. Congress saw fit to ban the immigration of prostitutes and convicts in .. more»

When a medical malpractice lawyer is necessary, it is a sign that something unfortunate has already happened. We as a society have a tendency to place a great deal of faith in doctors, and when we feel that they have failed us, it can be quite devastating. While a doctor cannot be prosecuted for making a decision with negative consequences if he was acting with the best information that he had at the time, there should be and are repercussions for decisions and actions that could be considered incompetent or ill-considered, and this is where medical malpractice lawyers come in.When you are looking at medical malpractice law, you will find that it is meant to protect patients from the professional negligence or from an omission committed by the care provider. While bearing in mind that the rules that go into regulating medical malpractice law will vary from state to state, .. more»