Law For Dummies?

by John Ventura

Do you know your legal rights and responsibilities if you’re buying or selling a home, applying for a job, or getting a divorce? Are you baffled by the legalese used in contracts, insurance policies, warranties, and other documents? If you want to protect both yourself and your family from the many legal problems that have become commonplace in today’s society, you don’t need a law degree—all you need is a basic understanding of the law. Whether you’re a consumer, employee, or small business owner, Law For Dummies will help you discover your legal rights, responsibilities, and obligations in a wide range of areas. Best of all, this friendly guide will also improve your understanding of how to use laws without resorting to attorneys! You can use this book to answer specific questions about the law as it relates to particular areas of your life or you can use it as a guide to low-cost or no-cost sources of legal advice, including government agencies and nonprofit organizati ons. Law For Dummies is packed with the tools and resources you need to make informed legal decisions. You’ll become familiar with a variety of laws that can affect you personally—from retirement, health care, and housing laws to personal finance, employment, divorce, and privacy laws. You’ll also discover how to: If you’re like many Americans today, you probably feel overwhelmed by the rules, regulations, and red tape that seem to govern and complicate every aspect f your daily life. With Law For Dummies you can boost your legal know-how and solve a number of everyday legal problems that may come your way.

Genres: Law, Business, Nonfiction, Reference

384 pages, Paperback

First published September 6, 1996

About the author

John Ventura was an attorney specializing in consumer law. His many bestselling books include Divorce for Dummies, The Credit Repair Kit, The Bankruptcy Kit, and The Will Kit.

Reviews

[Rachel Bayles · Rating 3 out of 5]

Entertaining and straight-forward. Will make you happy you aren't a lawyer, happy you can hire one, and slightly ill about America's treatment of juvenile offenders.

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

If you think you are about to break the law, this book will help you determine the amount of counsel you will need in addition to this book.

[Charles Hamel · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a good book that helped me learn more about Laws and the Justice System. This helped me get a headstart on learning law for my paralegal studies.

[Andrew Brisbane · Rating 1 out of 5]

Worst book I've ever came across. Dear author your a piece of shit. 👎🏻

[ash estep · Rating 1 out of 5]

Let’s try to stay on topic, some of this especially the Finance sections were so confusingly placed in, I guess I picked up this up as a law 101 when this was actually a “I’m just gonna talk about whatever I want to talk about btw”

[Scott Taylor · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was actually a gift for a certain unqualified District Court Judge in Florida. 10/10 for sending a message.

[Corey Katzelnick · Rating 2 out of 5]

horribly out of date