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    <title>Introduction to the law for paralegals</title>
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    <publisher>McGraw-Hill/Irwin</publisher>
    <dateIssued>c2008</dateIssued>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>xvii, 318 p. : ill., 1 map ; 29 cm.</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>Introduction to the legal system -- Jurisdiction -- Categorization of the law -- Reading the law -- Procedural law -- The role of the paralegal -- Criminal law -- Contracts -- Business law -- Torts -- Property -- Wills and estates -- Family law.</tableOfContents>
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  <note>Includes index.</note>
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    <topic>Law</topic>
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
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    <geographic>United States</geographic>
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  <identifier type="isbn">9780073511795</identifier>
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