Questions tagged [legal-research]
For questions about methods and sources for determining what the law is, or to find support for a legal argument.
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Arizona laws regarding ownership of ground glassware for chemistry usage
I was watching a YouTube video that included an interview with a Clandestine Chemist, and at the 8:50 mark, he states:
In Arizona, mere possession of ground glassware is a felony, if you're not a ...
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Where can I find actual UK law paragraphs?
In case I want to try to check plain English interpretations of the law against the actual law.
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How to decode a citation to a case reporter
Citations to cases are often in the form Style of cause (year, if not reflected in the citation), [citation].
The [citation] element generally will include an abbreviated form of the reporter (e.g., S....
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How to find case law for a particular subject
How can I find case law for a particular subject in my state (Massachusetts)?
I have access to Lexis/Nexis, but my experience is that subject searches rarely work. For example, one topic I need to ...
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Where can I find written decisions of the Employment Tribunal in England and Wales?
Are Employment Tribunal decisions required to be published and where can I find written decisions of the Employment Tribunal in England and Wales?
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Free websites to help me find influential or contentious state/local cases in the United States?
I am looking for free websites that contain (potentially partial) catalogs of state and local court cases in the United States, and allows me to filter and/or sort by any of the following:
The ...
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How to discover/be aware of changes in law that might affect oneself personally?
I just stumbled upon this article, where it talks about a recent law change:
Norway banned Russian citizens or companies from flying drones or other aircraft in the country on 28 February
I can ...
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Can messages in messaging application be used as evidence to accuse someone?
For domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking, abusive partners can misuse messaging to harass, intimidate, and threaten.
How significant is evidence of messages in a messaging application (like ...
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How do I interpret a court judgement? What does it mean?
So I've figured out how to read a case citation and find the text of the judgement - maybe using some of the online resources.
As a novice, I'm trying to decide when the judgement actually applies. ...
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How can I learn information about the purpose, background, and other context of recent U.K. legislation?
Suppose I would like to know the purpose of an Act, or how it relates to other Acts or international obligations.
How can I learn information about the purpose, background, and other context of recent ...
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How do I read an Australian case citation and find the text of the judgement?
I want to know more about a particular case. I've seen it referred to a couple of different ways:
Tame v New South Wales [2002] HCA 35
Tame v New South Wales (2002) 211 CLR 317
How can I access ...
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How can one become comprehensively aware of all applicable statutes/remedies to a given situation when they are scattered between different acts?
For example if one is illegally evicted there seem to be remedies provided by the protection from eviction 1977, housing, deregulation, and housing and planning Acts, off the top of my head, but I ...
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How are Indian laws classified and how many types of law are there?
As a common man, with a limited to no knowledge about the Indian legal system...
How are Indian laws classified? (Covering every law in India.)
If I were to search and know about a law in India, ...
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Responsabilities on data breaches UK Data Protection Act
Following a question from THIS StackExchange about Data Protection Act application in the UK, there is an aspect about "proactivity" and "responsabilities" that I do not fully ...
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How to go about learning cyber security if possessing such software (hacking software) is highly and explicitly illegal in my and most countries?
A question for "ethical hackers" or cyber security professionals. I am very interested in the world of cyber security and all aspects of it. I am genuinely interested in the security aspect ...
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