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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
Contracts that require
mediation
or
arbitration
before a dispute can
go to
court
Referral to
police
or
prosecutor
for investigation and possible
criminal charges
if the matter is a
criminal violation
Petition to a
legislature
or other law-making
body
for a change in the law if
a law
is thought to be unjust.
Petition to a
president
or
governor
or
monarch
other
chief executive
or other official with power to pardon.
Legal principles
Habeas corpus
Damnum absque injuria
,
loss without injury
Arm's length principle
Examples
Arranged marriages
may leave the woman without
legal recourse
.
Bookies
and
confidence tricksters
to block
legal recourse
.
Victims of
bullying
may have
legal recourse
in the
United States
.
The
Class Action Fairness Act of 2005
purportedly
leaves
consumer groups without
legal recourse
.
Diploma mills
and essay
mills
employ
various legal techniques to leave their customers without
legal recourse
.
In
termination of employment
, an employee may have
legal recourse
to challenge such a termination in
at-will
presumption of
employment
in
the United
States
.
Victims of
joke theft
have little
legal recourse
, but have occasionally exacted
their own vengeance
.
Lynchings
Military tribunal
Rumsfeld v. Padilla