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Admiralty law also encompasses specialised issues such as salvage, maritime liens, and injuries to passengers. Law and commerceCompany law sprang from the law of trusts, on the principle of separating ownership of property and control. The law of the modern company began with the Joint Stock Companies Act 1856, passed in the United Kingdom, which provided investors with a simple registration procedure to gain limited liability under the separate legal personality of the corporation. Transactional law is the practice of law concerning business and money. Social security law refers to the rights people have to social insurance, such as jobseekers’ allowances or housing benefits.
- Emory Law’s legal clinics advocate for clients with real-world legal needs, providing students with the foundational skills, judgment, and values necessary to engage in the practice of law.
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