Questions tagged [any-jurisdiction]
Questions where the asker is interested in any jurisdiction
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Do courts generally run at a loss, run at a profit, or generally break even?
Pursuant to a previous question, about a case where the courts seem to have incurred a significant loss in hearing it, what is the general/average position?
For example, many types of routines matters ...
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Is it necessary for a signature to be reasonably legible on a legal document?
In general some legal documents must be signed. So what determines whether a signature on such a document requiring to be signed is valid or not?
More specifically, is a signagure that is completely ...
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How often do people who make complaints that lead to acquittals face repercussions for making false complaints?
In response to a recent question and others related to it, it appears that defendants who are found guilty, despite lying, are rarely punished further apart from the conviction.
However, what happens ...
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How common actually are perjury proceedings?
I’ve read a number of tenant advice materials that caution that landlords frequently lie at court and so one really has to be prepared for this to potentially happen.
Meanwhile, I have read a number ...
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How can a witness to a civil matter be invited, called or compelled to give testimony?
In criminal trials I understand that one can specify a list of witnesses that a court will try to reach, but are they compelled to assist the trial with their participation?
Now what if it is a civil ...
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Why doesn’t the maxim of de minimis apply to shoplifting or other petty crimes, or does it?
If you steal a candy bar does de minimis apply? Why or why not? What’s about other forms of crime in general?
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How are civil judgments most typically settled?
A is suing B, and the court has awarded A £5000. Who decides how this balance should be paid, and what is the most common method of payment? Is it usually done through a bank transfer or a cheque?
Can ...
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What is the legality and practicality of conducting litigation under a pseudonym?
When one goes into a police station (okay, when one is brought in for a recordable offence), one is fingerprinted and identified against big databases of identities. Even if this doesn’t happen, there ...
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What legal remedies are available for the non-performance of contractual obligations that cannot be appraised?
What remedies are available to tenant A for the landlord B's breach of contract in not providing a copy of their privacy notice, nor making it available on their website, as the contract required, ...
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Is it possible for an individual to commit money laundering like a bank?
In the classic example of money laundering, Charlie the Criminal would take his dirty money to Bob the Banker and get it in some form that is spendable and transferable. In this situation it would be ...
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How much is a child's income allowed to benefit their parents?
I asked this on Finance and they said it was a Law question.
Let's say you are an ordinary family, and one of your young children is lucky enough to be cast in a huge blockbuster movie franchise, for ...
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Can you defame a profession?
Suppose someone publishes the statement "All lawyers are thieves." Obviously, this is not true; there most likely are some lawyers who are also thieves, but certainly not all. Would it be ...
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Can one be liable to pay an agreed sum if they break a promise?
Bob wants Alice to share a computer file with him. This could be a photo, a video/audio recording etc. — anything that only Alice has and that Bob craves a copy of. The copyright ownership shouldn't ...
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Is the term "evil" defined in law?
An infamous clause found occasionally in software licenses is:
The Software shall be used for Good, not Evil.
This clause has been discussed in many places, including Software Engineering Stack ...
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Is ignorance of facts an excuse?
Suppose there is a law saying it is illegal to XYZ between 10 PM and 6 AM. If Alice XYZs at 11 PM, she cannot use "I didn't know about the law" as a defense. What if she does know about the ...
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Has anyone ever been acquitted of trespassing or another crime because a property sign did not say "POSTED"?
It appears that the word "POSTED" on private property signs is, in some jurisdictions, legally significant.
Has anyone ever been acquitted of trespassing, or any property owner lost a ...
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Are there any jurisdictions where theft is not a crime but victims can sue theives?
Are there any jurisdictions where theft is not a crime, but the owner of a stolen item can sue the thief for either return of the item or monetary damages? This would be similar to how copyright law ...
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Is it legal to sell extra patties only with a full burger but not alone?
A menu lists burgers for £12 and additional "doubling up" patties for £3.50.
Suppose one wants to only prefer a pattie by itself for £3.50 but not a burger.
Is it fair for restaurants to ...
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Is it lawful to offer smaller portions only to children below a certain age, by calling it a "children's menu"?
Suppose that one is ordering from a restaurant that offers full portions for £11 or half-sized portions on a section of the menu designated as for kids for £6.
But suppose that one is over the ...
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Is "constiption" a recognized legal concept?
Quite a few questions have been asked about "constiption" on Law SE and other SE sites. Is "constiption" a real legal concept?
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What is the status of songs that glorify illegal activity in different countries?
If I understand correctly, freedom of speech does not, in many countries, include speech that glorifies illegal activity.
What is the legal status in such countries of songs like Convoy, which do that?...
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Is a digital signature done by a third party valid?
Alice sends Bob a document to sign with DocuSign or a similar service.
Bob does not have a device DocuSign works on, or does not know how to open the document.
Bob forwards the email to Joe.
Joe calls ...
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Can a company adopt a child?
With apologies for the (only somewhat) click-bait title, in an answer to another question (see this answer) the statement
Typically the only thing a legal entity that is not a natural person cannot ...
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Would a tautological law have any effect?
Is there any case where a law saying something like "Any person who commits theft is guilty of theft" would have any effect?
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Why do lawyers not represent themselves in their own areas of expertise?
I understand why a criminal defense lawyer would not represent himself in a personal injury case, or a patent attorney would not defend herself against criminal charges. But why wouldn't a criminal ...
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Is a contract written in a mix of languages valid?
Si yo escribo un contrat σε ένα μείγμα von Sprachen, 它有效吗？
If I write a contract in a mixture of languages, is it valid?
I'm interested in any jurisdiction.
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Are there any countries without copyright?
Are there any countries that do not recognize any form of copyright, and you could legally (for example) strip the DRM from a just-released movie and share it online?
If so, what happens if I (a US ...
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Is there duty to report crime that may be committed soon?
Rob approaches Bob and offers him a job: to commit a certain specific crime. Bob rejects.
Question 1: At this point, does Bob have any legal duty/obligation to report Rob to law enforcement ...
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Are unmatched asterisks allowed in ads?
I received a flyer which advertises a "free" service trial. The word "free" appears three times overall and each time it has an asterisk, but neither on the front nor on the back ...
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