Law For Dummies [Paperback]

John Ventura (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 25, 2005

Get answers to your legal questions — in plain English!

Find out how to protect your family, your money, your job, and your rights

If you're like most people, you probably don't know much about your legal rights and responsibilities — until you run smack-dab into a messy legal problem. Now revised and updated, this friendly guide helps you get a handle on a wide range of everyday legal issues, decipher legal mumbo-jumbo — and come out on top.

Discover how to:

• Protect your child support rights
• Arm yourself against identity theft
• Clean up your credit and improve your credit score
• Hire the right attorney for your needs
• Draw up wills and living wills

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Get answers to your legal questions — in plain English!

Find out how to protect your family, your money, your job, and your rights

If you're like most people, you probably don't know much about your legal rights and responsibilities — until you run smack-dab into a messy legal problem. Now revised and updated, this friendly guide helps you get a handle on a wide range of everyday legal issues, decipher legal mumbo-jumbo — and come out on top.

Discover how to:

• Protect your child support rights
• Arm yourself against identity theft
• Clean up your credit and improve your credit score
• Hire the right attorney for your needs
• Draw up wills and living wills

About the Author

John Ventura, JD, is a board-certified bankruptcy attorney and an authority on consumer and small business legal issues. His books include The Credit Repair Kit and The Bankruptcy Kit.

Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies; 2 edition (February 25, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764558307
• ISBN-13: 978-0764558306
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 0.8 x 9.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #36,587 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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44 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Good Way to Start Learning About Law, April 27, 2000

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Gadgester "No Time, No Money" (Mother Earth) - See all my reviews
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This is one of the "how-to" books that are fun to read even if you are not faced with a situation which requires it. This well-written book covers a wide range of legal topics that an American citizen may face one of these days. Much emphasis is placed on things like marital problems, parenting problems, employment issues, consumer and credit problems, etc. Needless to say it does NOT replace a good lawyer when the case is complex, but the author actually encourages you to "take the law into your own hand" and shows you how you can solve a number of everyday legal difficulties without hiring a lawyer.

This book cannot claim to be a complete guide to being your own lawyer or recognizing your legal rights or duties, but I found it a terrific first-step book to read about our great legal system.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good overall awareness, November 15, 2009

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Ric Barrios (florida,usa) - See all my reviews
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This book touches most laws and regulations which play a role in everyday life. Raises your awareness and could keep you from doing stupid things without gaining deeper information

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Law for Dummies, March 13, 2007

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M. Messina (Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Law For Dummies (Paperback)

I think this book was extremely helpful. It gives a comprehensive overview to law and is easy to understand. I found this book answered many of my simple questions, while not having to spend the money consulting an attorney. This book is money well spent!