Law

Tags

A tag is a keyword or label that categorizes your question with other, similar questions. Using the right tags makes it easier for others to find and answer your question.

Show all tag synonyms
Popular Name New
For questions specific to the United States as a whole, or that span multiple state jurisdictions. If your question is related to a specific state then you should use that state's tag instead (or as w…
4709 questions
20 asked this week, 92 this month
For questions about the property right inherent in a creative work. Please see the tag wiki and FAQ before asking the question.
2090 questions
7 asked this week, 36 this month
For questions about laws related to crime.
1253 questions
7 asked this week, 29 this month
For questions about laws related to contracts, an agreement between two or more parties.
1214 questions
18 asked this month, 281 this year
For questions specific to the United Kingdom. Note that the UK does not have a common legal system across its jurisdictions - consider using [scotland] or [england-and-wales] or [northern-ireland].
1187 questions
18 asked this month, 229 this year
For questions concerning the ownership of ideas, designs and creative work. Specific IP tags include copyright, trademark, and patents.
756 questions
14 asked this month, 140 this year
For questions about the internet. Please ensure a tag for the jurisdiction is also included. This tag should not be used when the question does not crucially hinge on internet usage or involvement.
705 questions
12 asked this month, 134 this year
For questions involving programming underlying computers and machines. Consider using the [open-source-software] tag if the question is about open source software or licensing.
661 questions
10 asked this month, 140 this year
For questions about freedom from unsolicited observation, or the collection, use and distribution of private information.
618 questions
7 asked this week, 15 this month
Questions about the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
618 questions
5 asked this week, 21 this month
For questions about permission and terms to use intellectual property.
606 questions
14 asked this month, 132 this year
verbal or written agreements that parties enter consensually, exchanging consideration. Use this tag when the question is about contracts, or one or more elements of a contract.
599 questions
about, or that arise as a result of, workplaces or the performance of work-related duties.
586 questions
9 asked this month, 82 this year
Questions specific to the State of California.
555 questions
10 asked this month, 128 this year
For questions specific to Canada as a whole, or that span multiple provincial and territorial jurisdictions.
535 questions
8 asked this month, 107 this year
For questions about the interaction of two or more sovereign states, including agreements and laws between them, and disputes of jurisdiction for civil or criminal matters.
522 questions
5 asked this month, 118 this year
For questions related to legal systems of European countries and to legal harmonization in Europe, especially in the context of European Union law.
501 questions
7 asked this month, 120 this year
a sign, logo or design of some kind that distinguishes a particular product or service (or its provider or source) from others.
444 questions
7 asked this month, 77 this year
For questions relating to commercial activity
431 questions
10 asked this month, 69 this year
Constitutional law deals with the assignment or restriction of the powers and branches of a government. If you are asking whether something is constitutional, it's helpful if you provide reasons as to…
413 questions
9 asked this month, 87 this year
Use this for questions where the award of damages, or its possibility, is involved.
364 questions
5 asked this week, 6 this month
Dealing with the constitutional, common-law, statutory, tax treaty, and regulatory rules that constitute the law applicable to taxation.
364 questions
58 asked this year
A property from which the owner receives payment from the occupant(s), known as tenants, in return for occupying or using the property.
361 questions
67 asked this year
For questions relating to non-criminal legal branch of [common-law] legal systems. Not to be confused with [civil-legal-system], relating to civilian or Roman law.
360 questions
5 asked this week, 9 this month
Use this for questions about interaction with law enforcement, as well as their procedures and regulations.
321 questions
9 asked this month, 81 this year
For questions about property that involves lands or buildings.
315 questions
70 asked this year
the primary legal document for the United States of America.
305 questions
5 asked this month, 58 this year
Questions specific to England and Wales
304 questions
6 asked this month, 72 this year
Use this for questions about belongings and possessions. See [real-estate] for questions about the possession of houses and buildings.
300 questions
59 asked this year
Jurisdiction of Germany.
292 questions
6 asked this month, 85 this year
A set of regulations which users must agree to follow in order to use a service.
270 questions
46 asked this year
The body of law about corporations, including mergers, acquisitions, corporate governance, corporate liability, finance, and bankruptcy. The fact that a question involves a corporation does not make i…
254 questions
46 asked this year
For questions about a landlord's duties and responsibilities, within the capacity of a tenant-landlord relationship.
252 questions
6 asked this month, 61 this year
Crimes or torts involving deception for financial or other gain.
246 questions
5 asked this month, 34 this year
Use this for questions involving vehicles and/or pedestrians on roadways. Also consider whether any of the following tags are more appropriate: speeding, driving, transportation
244 questions
36 asked this year
Use this when questioning the meaning of legal terms.
239 questions
37 asked this year
1
2 3 4 5
…
23