I wrote this book because I have an analytic mind. I like to organize things so I organized the field of law into a pretty good world resource guide. Lawyers, law students, judges, prosecutors and anyone else in the field will find it useful. The six volumes in the book are as follows:

Volume 1. General Legal Information 1
Volume 2. General Legal Information 2
Volume 3. American Law by State
Volume 4. Specific Types of Law
Volume 5. Law Topics
Volume 6. World Law Guide
Appendix One. Legal Documents
Appendix Two. Public Domain Law Books

The realm of law is considered a dry subject to the average citizen but it is necessary to most of us at some point in our lives. Some of us will have to deal with the law in our lives and our encounters will be all-encompassing.

This is not a legal textbook. I can’t compete with the experts who have been doing this all their lives. Law is a field that you accumulate knowledge as you go along over many years. It’s all on the internet anyway, the most current laws. I tell you where they are for the world better than anyone for the paltry price I charge for this book compared to the big law books and databases.

This is a resource book with some explanations in it but that’s not the priority. The priority is resources.

For information about copyrights, refer to #346.048-7104 or K1401, KE2779 and KF2979 at the library.

For laws relating to money, taxes, bankruptcy, insurance, etc., refer to my money book.

I cover business law, incorporation, business bankruptcy, etc. in my business book.

I cover intellectual property in my makin’ money book.

I cover employment law in my job book.

I cover consumer law in my money book.

I cover marriage and divorces in separate books.

I cover car law in my money book.

I cover disabilities law in my disabilities book.

I cover medical law in my medical book.

Chapter 1. Law Basics

General Legal Information

The law exists to serve us not to oppress us. If you're ever in a fight with law enforcement entities, don't be intimidated and back down.

You have rights. Always remember that. They exist to serve us not to use us to advance their own agendas, usually career advancement or simply personal ego.

Once a prosecutor and police are convinced they got the right guy, it becomes an ego game to solidify the case even if he's innocent so there's a lot of corruption in the legal system for this reason. Beware and never give up the fight.

Probably the biggest thing about law for the average person is that they're often treated unfairly either as consumers by businesses, by
their employers, landlords, lawyers, professional services, etc. and if they had known, they could have justifiably filed a lawsuit and won a settlement because they were both morally and legally wronged but the true fact is that many people are not aware of the law, don't realize they have a case in court and invariably take the abuse from the entities out there.

I'm not saying to file frivolous lawsuits but if you feel in your heart that you've been wronged, do some research into the law to see if a lawsuit is worth it either in small claims court or in civil court with a lawyer who should work on a contingency basis meaning that you pay nothing up front but if you win, he takes a cut, usually about 30%.

Your case has to be strong enough on legal grounds and lucrative enough in order for a lawyer to take it. The biggest pay-offs are
personal injury cases. Judges are getting fed up with frivolous lawsuits. Think hard before you file a lawsuit about something that you know in your gut is a trivial matter.

For standard law books, go to #340-49 at the library or K in the Library of Congress System, particularly the KE and KF sections for most domestic, family law type issues.

For most people, the relevant civil law, family law type books are at #346. Many are dry and clinical. If you have a legitimate