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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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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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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Why are there two case numbers for United States v. Trump?
There are two almost identical case numbers assigned for the case United States v. Trump. The dockets are almost identical.
1:23-cr-00257-TSC USA v. TRUMP PACER CourtListener
1:23-cr-00257-TSC-1 - ...
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Law Firm with one lawyer and hundreds of legal experts who haven't passed the bar
In this hypothetical scenario lets say there was a law firm that has only one lawyer to file all paper work, make all court room appearances to represent the firm. All of his work, however preparing ...
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Correlation between wealth and win rate
I’m trying to find out if there’s a correlation between win rates in civil cases and the wealth of the parties involved. I’ve searched google scholar but the only thing I can find is a paper regarding ...
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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 you check the legality of a new business model?
How do you check the legality of a new business model to make sure it will be legal, and you won't be running afoul of some law you have no idea of?
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Is there "evidence-based" practice in law?
"Evidence-based practice" (sometimes colloquially called "what works") is a buzzword floating around many professions nowadays, especially medicine and education. The idea is to ...
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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 gather data from past cases in the US? Is it possible?
I want to understand the following:
Let's say I wanted to generate a report on the trends in outcomes of civil cases. Is there anywhere I could download any kind of data related to it? The parties ...
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How many British statutes are in effect?
How can one find the full enumeration of presently effectual/binding laws making up the statute book at any given time? If they can endlessly be amended by each other then surely they must all be ...
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Can a person be prosecuted for their thoughts?
Let's assume I'm thinking about ___ [1] - am I liable to prosecution?
I assume that having thoughts of any kind is not illegal and therefore cannot be prosecuted. We are not in "Minority Report" - ...
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During your trial, the Supreme Court of the US agrees to hear an appeal of a relevant precedent case. What is the law that you are presumed to know?
Imagine a court case in progress in the USA, specifically a case at the first level of the courts (i.e. it is a district court case and the court is a trial court, not any kind of appeal court). ...
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When did the Mexican legal requirement to register a child with two last names come into effect?
In Mexico, children are given two last names at birth, and keep those two surnames throughout life. That's built into information systems and assumed on government forms. It's required by government ...
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Finding transcripts and associated documents for late 19th century Pennsylvania Orphans Court and Supreme Court decisions
Elisabetha Dietsche was my great-great-great-great-grandmother. She lived in Elzach, Baden (now part of Germany) from 1798 to 1844. Under the law in Baden at the time, she and her partner needed ...
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Have there ever been examples of public school's restriction of community service being unlawful?
My school's community service policy (while ambiguous throughout the whole thing) Seems to me to discriminate against not only religions, but my religion specifically. The particular clause I'm ...
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Can a country ban oversea biotechnology research out of an endemic plant that is only found in its territory?
This question was closed on biology.se and I was advised to ask it here.
For illustration, say there is a plant that is only found in the Amazon rainforest. New drugs can be potentially invented ...
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What is "18 C.J.S., Copyright and Literary Property, § 113"?
I am working on a research paper on copyright, and I was reading O'Rourke vs. RKO Radio Pictures. It cites "18 C.J.S., Copyright and Literary Property, § 113". What is it citing?
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Where can I go to find data on how many people were charged / convicted under a particular statute?
If I have a specific Federal Code and I want to find a rough estimate of (1) how many people were charged with breaking that specific law, and (2) how many people were convicted under that specific ...
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Which countries divide children as legitimate and illegitimate?
Back in the 1990s in Chile, the law separating legitimate and illegitimate children was abolished and all children started to have the same rights. I'm not sure, but I think the term "...
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Is email verification for account creation in violation of GDPR?
Is email verification for account creation in violation of GDPR?
I am creating a new website, and my account creation is incredibly simple, consisting of username, password (stored as hash), and ...
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How can I tell if a court case exists?
As someone without access to pricy legal search engines, how can I tell if a given case exists?
For context, a lawyer was recently found to have cited a number of cases hallucinated by ChatGPT. The ...
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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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Similar website to TheLawPages in the USA?
I use a website called TheLawPages to research various crimes, and sentences given to offenders. It is an invaluable tool, especially because it allows me to pick the type of court, offence type, and ...
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High value domain taken by registrar
I registered a domain name with a large domain registrar.
The domain is very unique.
The transaction went through. My credit card was billed. I received an invoice.
I set up the domain with my ...
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Is there a website that describes how to (or actually does) search small claims court cases?
I would like to search small claims court cases by name of defendant in several locations in the USA. Is this possible? How could I go about doing that? Is there a website (free or paid) that does ...
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Finding citations
I’ve occasionally asked questions (example) that could be easily answered by Shepard’s Citations—if I still had access. How should I search for citations of a statute or case without paying Lexis or ...
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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 find a good HOA Lawyer to deal with confrontational HOA [closed]
Suppose that a person's current HOA is very aggressive with increases, fines and attorney fees that tends to silence community members rather than empowering them.
Suppose that the management ...
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Where can I find skeleton arguments for claims in England & Wales, preferably online and for free?
I ask NOT about court opinions. The UKSC doesn't publish them.
Can I get a copy of a party's 'skeleton argument' or case?
The UKSC does not publish parties' cases. [...].
Yet Gina Miller tweeted to ...
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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 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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Do lawyers actually use big bookshelves filled with texts?
Both on TV and in the offices of lawyers I've been in, they always have huge bookshelves with numerous volumes of law, rules of procedure, references, and I have no idea what else.
Why do attorneys ...
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What do you pay for Lexis/BNA/Westlaw?
How much do small firms or individual practitioners pay for access to Lexis, BNA, and Westlaw?
These seem to be essential tools for effectively engaging with the judicial system, and something of a ...
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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 find a comprehensive enumeration of all the precedent setting cases that pertain to a particular issue or rulings on a given statute?
how can one find a comprehensive enumeration of all the precedent setting cases that pertain to a particular issue or the application of a particular statute?
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Corpus Juris Secundum request
This is an unorthodox request for this medium, and may not even fit the kinds of questions allowed here, but... if anyone has access to Volume 50 of the Corpus Juris Secundum, I need the full text for ...
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Was my house legally searched?
A couple of months ago, I overdosed on an illegal drug and called an ambulance. I was honest and told them what I took. Two cops came with them and while I was in the ambulance and also in the ER 20 ...
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How do you find what regulations have been made pursuant to a particular enabling legislation in the U.K.?
How do you find what regulations or other statutory instruments have been made pursuant to a particular enabling legislation in the U.K.?
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Legal precedents or process in USA for removal or alteration of land restrictive covenants for a subdivision lot?
Are there any particularly helpful examples or precedent processes of having restrictive covenants lifted or lessened in the USA (specifically Ohio) when a property is still owned by the original land ...
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The right of self-represented detainee/prisoner to do legal research
Bob is arrested awaiting bail or trial (or imprisoned after conviction) but is adamant to represent himself vs get a lawyer. (I agree that practically/tactically this will often be the wrong call even ...
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Difference between the term "law" and "legal"
In one document, I found Indonesian term "asas ketertiban dan kepastian hukum" translating into “the principle of order and the certainty of law”.
Instead of "the principle of order of law" and " ...
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laboratory results being withheld until payment received from self pay patient
Is it legal for a Laboratory to withhold results from the ordering provider until a self pay patient pays their bill in full?
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Need computer forensic case citation (urgent)
My mother is about to attend court over a car which was written off by a lorry.
The CCTV video recording of the accident was mishandled, such as the storage SD card not being imaged, it was also ...
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Does the Canadian government translate court cases from English to French and vice versa?
I am currently reading through various tax judgments when a specific case caught my attention.
Racine; Demers et Nolin v. Ministre du Revenu National, 1965 CanLII 1108 (CA CÉC), 2 RC de l'É 338
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Why there isn't any law resulting from the Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2019?
It was stated that no later than 2 years, law must be created according to this bill. I can't find the law anywhere.
Talking about this bill:
H.R.2231 - Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2019
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Is the ORGVSM f*ck tee legal?
The ORGVSM f*ck tee is very explicit, and against many powerful luxury brands. One would think this was commercial disparagement (and perhaps other crimes besides, such as using the brand-name of ...
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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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Where can one find an up to date copy of sections 212-215 of the Housing Act 2004?
Legislation.gov.uk has up to date copies of many laws as they are most recently amended, but not of the Housing Act 2004. Where can an up to date version of this law be found online or in person?
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resources for reviewing legal cases in the UK
Is there a (free) resource in the UK for someone to obtain details of various cases brought to court, for example details of case history, court rulings?
I have come across, for example, https://www....
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