IPE Award: Top Nutrition Blog 2015 - Culinary Therapy. The Institute for the Psychology of Eating has named my blog one of the 100 Best Nutrition Blogs of 2015. Thank you! Iâm both thrilled and honored.
Description of Special Pleading. Special Pleading is a fallacy in which a person applies standards, principles, rules, etc. to others while taking herself (or those she has a special interest in) to be exempt, without providing adequate justification for the exemption. This sort of reasoning has the following form:
How Courts Work. Steps in a Trial. Pleadings. A lawsuit begins when the person bringing the suit files a complaint. This first step begins what is known as the pleadings stage of the suit. Pleadings are certain formal documents filed with the court that state the parties' basic positions. Common pre-trial pleadings include: Complaint (or petition or bill). Probably the most important pleading in a civil case, since by setting out the plaintiff's version of the facts and specifying the damages, it frames the issues of the case. It includes various counts - that is, distinct statements of the plaintiffâs cause of action - highlighting the factual and legal basis of the suit.