Family law deals with, as one might expect, law situations dealing with families. This includes marriage, civil unions, domestic partnerships, divorces. It also includes adoption and criminal situations like child abuse or domestic violence, among other things.
As a general response to a general question I will say that it should be noted that Australian laws exist at a federal jurisdiction. Such laws include the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) and the Crimes Act 1914 (Cth); as opposed to the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW).
The usual choice is one who practices family/domestic law or general law.
General Law: Law that is neither local nor confined in application to particular persons. Even if there is only one person or entity to which a given law applies when enacted, it is general law if it purports to apply to all persons or places of a specified class throughout the jurisdiction. It is also termed as general statute.Special Law: A law that pertains to and affects a particular case, person, place or thing, as opposed to the general public. Also termed as special Act.Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edition, p 890. Bryan A. Garner (Editor).
This is too general of a question because law is too specialized of a course. There is criminal law, civil law, probate law, corporate law, patent law, family law, contract law and the list goes on and on.
Yes. Divorce and family law is civil law as opposed to defense attorneys who practice criminal law. However, there are many different specialities within the practice of civil law, not only divorce.
Statutory law or statute law is written law (as opposed to oral or customary law) set down by a legislature (as opposed to regulatory law promulgated by the executive or common law of the judiciary) or by a legislator (in the case of an absolute monarchy).
Senator Stephen A. Douglas defined the three groups of people who opposed the Fugitive Slave Act. These were:1. People who sought to subvert the law;2. People opposed to the law but believed it should be enforced as it was the law of the land;3. People who saw the law as part of the 1850 Missouri Compromise and agreed to it even though they opposed the law.
gandhi opposed the british law.
General Election Law happened in 1928.
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Peace Preservation Law was passed before the General Election Law.
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