EveryBody's Guide to the Law

intoxication, as a defense, 540 K
intrusion, into your private life, 274–275 Keller, Helen, 323
invasion of privacy, 274–276 Kelley Blue Book prices, 60
appropriation of a name or likeness for Kevorkian, Jack, 115–116
commercial use, 276 kidnapping, 532
intrusion into your private life, 274–275 kidney failure, permanent, 375
portraying a person in a false light, 276 knowing the risks, your right of, 289–291
public disclosure of private facts, 275 knowing what the government knows, 477
inventions Ku Klux Klan, 459
developed at work, ownership of, 320
patenting, 342, 475–477 L
inverse condemnation, 205 labor certification, obtaining, 491–492
investigations, pretrial, 513–515 Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund,
investigative consumer reports, 406 245
involuntary manslaughter, 535 landlord-tenant cases, amount to sue for in, 432
irreconcilable differences, 9–10 landlord-tenant issues, 209–229
IRS, see Internal Revenue Service business leases, 228
ISPs, see Internet Service Providers constructive evictions, 227
itemized estimates, on automobile repairs, if the landlord evicts the tenant, 225–227
66 if the tenant abandons the apartment,
224–225
J if your apartment becomes unlivable,
jail time, 524 223–224
jest, offers made in, 384 injuries to tenants and their guests, 216–217
jewelry, gift of, 133 making changes to the apartment, 214
job discrimination, 307–310 making the other party pay for attorney’s
if you are discriminated against because fees, 227–228
of your race, religion, or sex, moving into your new apartment, 213–214
308–309 “quiet enjoyment,” 217–218
what to do if you are a victim of rent increases and rent control, 219–220
discrimination, 310 renter’s insurance, 218–219
joint and several liability, for rent, 212 responsibility for making repairs, 214–215
joint legal custody, 21 rights and obligations of the landlord and
joint tenancy, 93 the tenant, 213–228
to avoid probate, 100 roommates, 212
joint wills, 122–123, 151 security deposits, 213
Judaism, 461 subleases and assignments, 220–221
judgment, 442–443 types of leases, 210–212
default, 442 when your lease is up and you move out,
defined, 425 221–223
judgment debtor examination, 449 written leases, 211–212
judgment notwithstanding the verdict, your right to peace and quiet, 217–218
520 landlord’s failure to return tenant’s security
“judgment-proof ” persons, 427 deposit, 446–448
judicial system, misuse of, 273 larceny, 527
jury deliberations, 519–520 lateral support, 205
jury duty, 596–598 law
jury selection, 516–517 the role of precedents in, 590–591
just compensation, 205 unauthorized practice of, 14
juvenile court, 559–560 law libraries, 591–592
juvenile delinquents, 560 Lawrence v. Texas, 230
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