by H. Mark Stichel | Aug 24, 2018 | Blog
Do not throw out that old dictionary. Or, if you must, make sure that you have access to a place that keeps old books. The law is written in words. Often disputes arise over the meaning of words in contracts or statutes or constitutions. Recently, the United States...
by H. Mark Stichel | Aug 17, 2018 | Blog
Statutory interpretation hardly is a sexy subject. But, competing views on how statutes should be interpreted are very much a current issue with respect to whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination in employment on the basis of sexual...
by H. Mark Stichel | Aug 10, 2018 | Blog
Not much has changed in proper legal citation since I began law school other than the fact that the current edition of the Blue Book is much thicker and has larger pages than the relatively compact edition that I bought in 1980. Compare THE BLUEBOOK: A UNIFORM SYSTEM...
by Jim Astrachan | Aug 3, 2018 | Blog
To buy a firearm from a federally licensed dealer the buyer is required to provide evidence of identity so the dealer can establish that the buyer is the person shown on the ID. The buyer must also check a box on the Form 4473 identifying his or her sex. There are...
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