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The Legal Subjects under the "print" category listed here do not comprise the full range of subjects in the field of law. They are based on the library's collection and the needs of patrons. There are links to selected Web sites with information about a greater number of legal subjects. These links are mainly from university Web sites. Personal injury, business, tax, intellectual property, landlord-tenant, employment, bankruptcy, domestic relations, immigration, estate planning/wills, and neighbor law are examples of subjects included.

Books

How to Win Your Personal Injury Claim / Joseph L. Matthews.: Learn how to protect your rights after an accident; understand the worth of your claim; learn how insurance companies operate; prepare a claim for compensation; and negotiate a fair settlement.
The Law of Libel and Slander / Margaret C. Jasper.: Examines the historical development and definition of libel, defenses, damages, and the role of the jury.
The Law of Personal Injury / Margaret C. Jasper.: Examines three general aspects of liability in personal injury law - negligence, intential tort, and strict liability. Medical malpractice and products liability are also covered. The appendix provides sample documents and relevant statutes. A Glossary is included.
Ohio Personal Injury Practice: Successful Trial Strategies / Baldwin's Ohio Handbook Series.: Offers trial strategies for Ohio personal injury cases. Medical malpractice, wrongful death, and products liability are some of the topics discussed.
Domain Names: How to Choose & Protect a Great Name for Your Website / Patricia Gima and Stephen Elias.: Learn how to register for a domain name and apply for a trademark.
Patent, Copyright and Trademark: A Desk Reference to Intellectual Property Law / Stephen Elias; edited by Lisa Goldoftas.: Overview and definition of important terms in intellectual property law: copyright, patent, trademark, and trade secret.
How to Register Your Own Copyright: With Forms / Mark Warda.: Explains what can be copyrighted, how a copyright is registered, the length of a copyright, transfer of a copyright, international copyrights, copyright registration for online works, and other protections. Copyright forms are included.
Getting Permission: How to License and Clear Copyrighted Materials Online and Off / Richard Stim.: Stim covers the permissions process, public domain, copyright ownership, fair use, academic permissions, license agreements, and more.
Patent It Yourself / David Pressman; edited by Stephen Elias and Patricia Gima; Illustrations by Linda Allison.: Step-by-step guide through the entire patent process. Assists in evaluating commercial potential of ideas, documenting the invention, applying for a patent, conducting a patent search, and enforcing the patent.
How to Register Your Own Trademark: With Forms / Mark Warda.: Explains trademark types, how to choose a trademark, prepare an application, domain name rights, registration types, trademark searching, and the application process. Registration, U.S. Customs Service, and assignment and renewal forms provided.
Trademark: How to Name Your Business & Product / Kate McGrath, Stephen Elias with Sarah Shena.: Examines trademark basics, registration, searching, infringement, and more.
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Surviving Divorce / Pamela Weintraub.: Offers advice on dividing assets, whether mediation is appropriate, and more.
Custody for Fathers / Carleen and Michael Brennan.: A guide for fathers in child custody disputes.
Divorce in Ohio: A People's Guide to Marriage, Divorce, Dissolution, Spousal Support, Child Custody, Child Support, Visitation Rights / John Gilchrist.: A legal guide to marriage, divorce, child support, and child custody.
Getting Divorced Without Ruining Your Life / Sam Margulies.: Explains mediation as an alternative to litigation, how to avoid conflict after the divorce, manage step-family conflict, and more.
Living Together Kit: A Legal Guide for Unmarried Couples Toni Ihara and Ralph Warner; edited by Robin Leonard.: Examines issues of property, children, estate planning, and health.
Ohio Domestic Violence Law / Ronald B. Adrine.: A comprehensive resource on Ohio's civil and criminal laws on domestic violence.
Immigration Made Simple: An Easy to Read Guide to the U.S. Immigration Process / Barbara Brooks Kimmel and Alan M. Lubiner.: Discusses temporary visas; immigrant visas; naturalization; and visa programs. A directory of immigration lawyers and sample forms are included.
Law of Immigration / Margaret C. Jasper.: Overview of the history of immigration laws since the 18th century, and a discussion of more recent laws.
U.S. Immigration & Citizenship: Your Complete Guide / Allan Wernick.: Wernick discusses how to obtain a green card; naturalization and citizenship; nonimmigrant visas; asylees and refugees; and employer sanctions.
U.S. Immigration Made Easy / Laurence A. Canter & Martha S. Siegel: An introduction to the U.S. immigration system.
U.S.A. Immigration Guide / Ramon Carrion: Provides explanation for temporary and permanent visas, qualifications for investor visas, green cards, preference and non-preference categories, and a listing of regional INS offices.
8 Ways to Avoid Probate / Mary Randolph.: This book has the following strategies: Set Up Payable-on-Death Accounts, Name a Beneficiary for Your Retirement Accounts, Name a Beneficiary for Stocks and Bonds, Name a Beneficiary for Your Vehicles, Hold Property in Joint Ownership, Create a Living Trust, Take Advantage of Special Procedures for Small Estates, Make Gifts.
Complete Book of Wills, Estates & Trusts / Alexander Bove.: Learn how to make a will, settle an estate, make a claim against an estate, contest a will, and more.
Estate Planning Basics / Denis Clifford.: Information on choosing beneficiaries; creating a will; avoiding probate; estate tax reduction; and more..
Estate Planning for Dummies / Brian Caverly.: Explains how to minimize estate taxes, write a will, and more.
How to Make an Ohio Will / John R. Williamowski and Mark Warda.: Includes information on changing your will, a living will, estate and inheritance taxes, and more.
Make Your Own Living Trust / Denis Clifford.: Overview of living trusts. Examines the type of trust required for a particular situation. Explains how to amend a living trust, and the beneficiaries of the trust.
Plan Your Estate / Denis Clifford and Cora Jordan.: Learn how to avoid probate; create a living trust; write a will; reduce estate taxes; and protect your business.
The Wise Inheritor : Protecting, Preserving, and Enjoying Your Legacy / Ann Perry: A guide to the financial, legal, and emotional issues of inheritances.
Your Will and Estate Plan / Harvey J. Platt: Guide to an efficient estate plan and avoidance of costly probate. Many real-life examples are included.
American Jobs Creation Act of 2004: Law, Explanation and Analysis / CCH Incorporated: An examination of all aspects of the Act. Includes supporting committee reports.
Federal Estate & Gift Taxes: Code and Regulations / CCH Incorporated: Includes the text of the estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer tax provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, and the corresponding final, temporary, and proposed regulations, as of March 1, 2003.
Federal Income Taxes of Decedents, Estates and Trusts / CCH Incorporated: Presents the rules for preparing a decedent's final income tax return, and the rules for the decedent's estate, related trusts, and beneficiaries.
H&R Block Just Plain Smart Tax Planning Advisor: A Year-Round Approach to Lowering Your Taxes this Year, Next year, and Beyond / H&R Block: Tax professionals from H&R Block provide advice on how to create a long-term tax plan.
Income Tax Regulations, Including Proposed Regulations / CCH Incorporated: Contains the text of final and proposed income tax regulations in 6 volumes.
Internal Revenue Code: Income, Estate, Gift, Employment and Excise Taxes: Contains the text of the Internal Revenue Code in 2 volumes, including the text of statutes and amendment notes that give a history of each tax code section. Includes a topical index and rate tables.
J.K. Lasser's Year-Round Tax Strategies / David S. De Jong & Ann Gray Jakabcin: Annual publication that offers tax strategies and discussion of recent tax legislation.
Tax Planning Strategies: Tax Savings Opportunities for Individuals and Families / CCH Incorporated: Includes discussion of income subject to tax, deductions, investment decisions, retirement planning, and more.
Top Tax Issues for 2005 CPE Course / CCH Incorporated: Includes discussion of tax legislation, major IRS court losses in 2004, writing off business assets, tax shelters and scams, alternative minimum tax, health savings plans, and family limited partnerships.
Understanding IRS Communications / CCH Incorporated: Provides a "working description" of key IRS legal documents and their legal effect importance for tax planning and research.
U.S. Master Estate and Gift Tax Guide / CCH Incorporated: Covers the estate tax, gift tax, generation-skipping transfer tax, and special valuation rules.
U.S. Master Excise Tax Guide / CCH Incorporated: Includes an excise tax calendar for filing returns, rate tables, and an explanation of the varieties of excise taxes.
U.S. Master Tax Guide / CCH Incorporated: An annual publication that discusses new legislation and other non-legislative developments; where to file; a directory of relevant agencies and organizations; tax rate schedules; an overview of computation of taxable income; special tax tables; and more.
Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2004: Law, Explanation and Analysis / CCH Incorporated: An in-depth analysis of the Act by the CCH Editorial Staff. A committee report that explains the intent of Congress in creating the legislation is included.
Employer's Legal Handbook / Fred S. Steingold; edited by Barbara Kate Repa.: Covers hiring, smart personnel practices, employee benefits, workplace health and safety, discrimination, and termination.
Every Employee's Guide to the Law / Lewin G. Joel.: Topics discussed include: the job interview; discrimination, sexual harassment, benefits, compensation, dismissal, and more.
Introduction to Labor Law / Michael Evan Gold.: Explains organizing and elections, the duty to bargain, economic tools for workers, and enforcement of labor contracts.
Your Rights in the Workplace / Barbara Kate Repa; edited by Marcia Stewart.: Discusses firings and layoffs, wages and hours, privacy, family and medical leave, safety, health insurance and retirement, harassment, discrimination, and more.
Your Workplace Rights and How to Make the Most of Them: An Employee's Guide / Robert J. Gregory.: Covers harassment, discrimination, wrongful discharge, fair labor standards, employee benefits, unlawful retaliation, and more.
Form Your Own Limited Liability Company / Anthony Mancuso.: A guide to forming an LLC without the aid of a lawyer.
How to Get Your Business on the Web / Fred S. Steingold.: Explains domain name registration, privacy issues, intellectual property protection, licensing, credit card issues, and more.
How to Form a Nonprofit Corporation / Anthony Mancuso: Demonstrates how to form a tax-exempt corporation in all 50 states.
How to Form Your Own Profit or Non-Profit Corporation / Benji Anosike: Provides the laws, requirements, and practical procedures to form a corporation.
Incorporating Your Business for Dummies / The Company Corporation: Discusses the advantages of incorporating, choosing the state of incorporation and a company name, and more.
Law for the Small Business Owner / Margaret Jasper: An overview of how to begin and manage a small business, types of businesses, and the practical challenges involved.
The Law of Debt Collection / Margaret Jasper: An overview of the law applicable to debt collection, and advice is offered on how to manage debt.
Legal Forms for Starting & Running a Small Business / Fred S. Steingold: Types of forms include: employment forms and contracts, corporate meetings forms, commercial lease forms, real estate; promissory forms; and more.
Legal Guide for Starting & Running a Small Business / Fred S. Steingold: Offers advice on how to raise money, choose a business structure, obtain licenses, and more.
Nolo's Quick LLC / Anthony Mancuso: Explains the advantages and disadvantages of forming a limited liability company, and compares the the LLC with other forms of business entities such a partnership.
Small Business Start-Up Kit / Peri H. Pakroo: Describes how to choose the best business organization; use the correct forms; understand taxes; write a business plan; and more.
Tax Savvy for Small Business: Year-Round Tax Strategies to Save You Money / Frederick W. Daily: Discusses tax-saving strategies, tax laws and rules, and provides selected forms.
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Being a Smart Landlord / Brian Edwards: Guide to owning and maintaining property, legalese, and dealing with tenants.
Every Landlord's Legal Guide / Marcia Stewart: Offers advice on how to comply with state laws, find and keep tenants, and avoid legal trouble.
Every Tenant's Legal Guide / Janet Portman & Marcia Stewart: Provides information on how to deal with landlords and protect rights.
Leases & Rental Agreements / Marcia Stewart, Ralph Warner, and Janet Portman: Written for landlords as a guide to drafting important documents in a tenancy includes forms that may be copied.
Ohio Landlord Tenant Law / Frederic White: A comprehensive overview of ohio landlord tenant law; from former professor at Cleveland-Marshall.
Renter's Rights / Janet Portman & Marcia Stewart: An overview of tenants' rights.
Simply Essential Landlord's Kit / Timothy Madden: Provides various forms, including applications, agreements, termination, and complaints.
Bankruptcy and Debtor/Creditor: Examples and Explanations / Brian A. Blum.: Provides an introductory overview at the beginning of each chapter, examples, and explanations. Charts, figures, and graphics are used to illustrate concepts.
Bankruptcy: Is it the Right Solution to Your Debt Problems? / Robin Leonard.: An introduction to bankruptcy law.
Bankruptcy Law for the Individual Debtor / Margaret C. Jasper.: Overview of bankruptcy filing, petitioning, automatic stay, property of the bankruptcy estate, and Chapter 7 and 13 bankruptcy cases.
Bankruptcy Made E-Z: Describes how to file your own Chapter 7 bankruptcy, Chapter 11 reorganization, or Chapter 13 Wage Earner Plan. Includes federal forms.
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Surviving Bankruptcy / Carol Costa: Provides tips on whether bankruptcy is the best option, and, if so, how to proceed.
How to File for Bankruptcy / Stephen Elias, Albin Renauer and Robin Leonard.: Step by step explanation of the filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. Includes forms.
Personal Bankruptcy for Dummies / James Caher.: A guide to Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcies.
Repair Your Credit and Deal With Debt / Brette M. Sember .: A guide for coping with refused credit, bankruptcy, and other money problems.
Beat Your Ticket: Go to Court & Win / David Wayne Brown.: Discussion of specific types of ticket, and how to prepare for court.
Traffic Ticket Defense / Mark D. Sutherland, Esq., Christopher J. Sutherland.: Covers proper behavior when given a ticket, trial preparation, and more.
Dog Law / Mary Randolph.: Explains the legal issues that affect dogs, their owners, and their neighbors.
Neighbor Law: Fences, Trees, Boundaries & Noise / Cora Jordan.: A guide to laws concerning common neighbor disputes.

Web Sites

General | Family Law | Estate Planning | Landlord-Tenant
Traffic Tickets/Automobiles | Business/Commercial Law

General Subjects

FindLaw: A list of legal subjects with a link to other legal indices if the subject is not listed.
Jurist: Legal Education Network: For the legal subjects listed here, the latest related news is provided, as are books, book reviews, online articles, Web sites, legislation, and more.
Legal Information Institute: This Web page from Cornell University gives an overview of major areas of law.

Family Law

American Bar Association: Tables Summarizing the Law in the Fifty States: The tables include the following areas: Alimony/Spousal Support Factors; Custody Criteria; Child Support Guidelines; Grounds for Divorce and Residency Requirements; Property Division; Third-Party Visitation; Appointment Laws in Adoption, Guardianship, and Parentage Cases.
Cleveland Law Library: Frequently Asked Questions: The following family law-related subjects are among the FAQs at the Cleveland Law Library Association's Web site: Adoption Law, Divorce, Child Custody, Children Home Alone, Child Support, Domestic Partnership, Visitation Rights for Noncustodial Parents, and Visitation Rights for Grandparents
DivorceNet.com: Ohio: This site allows the user to search for lawyers practicing in family law. Articles on family law, forms, and other resources are available. Information on divorce is available from each state.
FindLaw: Family Law: State laws, articles, a FAQ, forms, and family law attorneys in specific locations are provided in the areas of divorce and child custory, marriage and living together, and adoption.
Nolo.com: Marriage & Living Together; Caring for Children; Divorce & Child Custody: Nolo offers articles and answers to questions in each of these areas.
SupportGuidelines.com: A resource primarily oriented to attorneys. Includes links to new cases, news, articles, and further Web resources.

Estate Planning

ABA Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law: Public Information: This offers "answers to the most common questions" about estate planning, probate and administration of estates, transfer taxes and tax planning for assets, and disability planning.
Cleveland Law Library Association: Living Wills/Durable Power of Attorney FAQ: This FAQ includes a link to living will forms from the Franklin County Recorder; living will/health care power of attorney forms, and information from the Ohio State Bar Association.
FindLaw: Estate Planning: Articles on estate planning, a FAQ, forms, and an attorney locator are available here.
Legal Information Institute: Estate PLanning: From Cornell University, this site provides links to federal and state laws involving estate planning, judicial decisions, and related sites.
Nolo.com: Wills & Estate Planning: Look up a legal term, and read articles on estate planning, answers to common questions, and recent news.

Landlord-Tenant

Cleveland Law Library Association: Landlord/Tenant Frequently Asked Questions: This FAQ has a link to Ohio's landlord-tenant laws, articles from the Ohio State Bar Association, and other useful information.
Cleveland Tenants Organization: Presents information on Ohio landlord-tenant law, Cleveland's landlord-tenant ordinance, and programs associated with the organization.
FindLaw: Landlord-Tenant Statutes: This page from FindLaw lists the sections for the landlord-tenant laws in each state code, and gives links to the codes.
Legal Information Institute: Landlord-Tenant: An overview of the law, with links to federal and state laws, judicial decisions, and other resources.
Nolo.com: Landlords & Tenants: Look up a legal term, and read articles on landlord-tenant law, answers to common questions, and recent news.

Traffic Tickets/Automobiles

Cleveland Law Library: Repossession of an Automobile: This FAQ includes links to the laws governing repossession of an automobile in Ohio, and to relevant articles.
Cleveland Law Library: Traffic Violations and Parking Tickets: Includes Ohio traffic laws and rules, court Web sites, articles, and more.
FindLaw: Traffic Violations: This page has an attorney locator, articles on traffic violations, forms, a FAQ, and other resources.
Nolo.com: Cars & Tickets: Here are articles and answers to questions in the areas of buying, leasing or renting a car; car repair/replacement; driving; and traffic tickets.

Business/Commercial Law

FindLaw for Business: This page has an attorney locator, and articles and guides on Starting a Business; Business Organizations; Finance, Banking & Securities; Taxes & Accounting; Debt & Bankruptcy; Small Business; and more.
Nolo.com: Small Business, Employment Law, Independent Contractors: Nolo's Law Centers on Small Business, Employment Law, and Independent Contractors each offer articles, answers to questions, and dictionaries.
Ohio Secretary of State: Business Services: Here is a searchable database of businesses in Ohio, business forms, guides to starting and maintaining a business, and more.
U.S. Small Business Administration: The Small Business Administration provides information on starting, financing, and managing a business, and also business opportunities and disaster recovery. The SBA's site has a FAQ, and a law library of forms, records, regulations, and more.
U.S. Small Business Administration: Cleveland, OH District: Includes links to training resources, a startup kit, financing information, laws and regulations, disaster assistance, and more.

Last Modified: December 20, 2004