- Legal recourse
A legal recourse is an action that can be taken by an individual or a corporation to attempt to remedy a legal difficulty.
* A
lawsuit if the issue is a matter of civil law
* Many contracts requiremediation orarbitration before a dispute can go to court
* Referral topolice orprosecutor for investigation and possiblecriminal charges if the matter is a criminal violation
* Petition to alegislature or other law-making body for a change in the law if a law is thought to be unjust.
* Petition to apresident orgovernor ormonarch otherchief executive or other official with power to pardon.ee also
Legal principles
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Habeas corpus
*Damnum absque injuria , "loss without injury"
*Arm's length principle Examples
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Arranged marriage s may leave the woman without "legal recourse".
*Bookies andconfidence trickster s rely on the being involved in illegal activity to block "legal recourse".
* Victims ofbullying may have "legal recourse" in the United States.
* TheClass Action Fairness Act of 2005 purportedly leaves consumer groups without "legal recourse".
*Diploma mill s andessay mill s employ various legal techniques to leave their customers without "legal recourse".
* In termination ofemployment , an employee may have "legal recourse" to challenge such a termination inat-will presumption of employment in theUnited States .
* Victims ofjoke theft have little "legal recourse", but have occasionally exacted their own vengeance.
* Lynchings
*Military tribunal
*Rumsfeld v. Padilla
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