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Understanding Legal Fiction in Law by Ervin Cavalida is a document available to read on EtoBox.
A legal fiction is a fact assumed or created by courts that allows them to apply legal rules in situations where an actual fact would prevent them from exercising jurisdiction. Legal fictions differ from presumptions and rules of statutory interpretation. Examples of legal fictions include the concepts of adoption creating new legal parents and children, corporate personhood treating corporations as legal persons, and mechanisms allowing members of parliament to resign.
- Author
- Ervin Cavalida
- Language
- EN