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Can a court’s decision be copyrighted?
No in united-states
The court is part of the trifecta of government - it's part of the Judicative. The government can not have copyright in its works: 17 USC 105 declares such papers to be without ...
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Can a court’s decision be copyrighted?
united-kingdom
Generally the UK judgments available from the Courts and Tribunals Judicary website and BAILII are asserted to be Crown copyright and licensed for use under the Open Government Licence.
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Can a court’s decision be copyrighted?
new-south-wales
Not only can it be, it is copyright
Copyright in judicial decisions continues to reside in the State pursuant to the Copyright in Judicial Decisions Notice 1995 (NSW).
There is a ...
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Can a court’s decision be copyrighted?
In slovakia, it cannot:
§ 5 par. b) of the copyright law 185/2015 Z. z. says explicitely:
Za predmet autorského práva sa nepovažuje
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b) text právneho predpisu, úradné rozhodnutie alebo súdne ...
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Why do some decisions reference case law that references other case law? Why not just reference the original case law?
Lots of reasons
The citing case may be in a higher court than the cited case but might not actually add anything. You always go for the highest authority on record.
From time to time, a case makes a ...
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Can a judge make it case law that 2×2=5?
united-states
Will the judge not face any disciplinary consequences but just public
outcry and reputation damages?
The judge will be absolutely immune from civil liability for this decision. A ...
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Can a court’s decision be copyrighted?
Not in brazil. Law 9.610/98 (our copyright law):
Art. 8º Não são objeto de proteção como direitos autorais de que trata
esta Lei:
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IV - os textos de tratados ou convenções, leis, decretos,
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Which case is "Sheperd" and is it still relevant?
In all likelihood, the case is Sheppard v. Maxwell, 384 U.S. 333 (1966).
The holding was that the disruption caused by the media and allowed by the court prevented the accused from receiving a fair ...
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Which case is "Sheperd" and is it still relevant?
This is the famous Sam Sheppard case, (Sheppard v. Maxwell, 384 U.S. 333 (1966)), where the court determined that the defendant had been deprived of his right to a fair trial consistent with the Due ...
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Where can one find the full decisional text of R v Hale (1979) 68 Cr App R 415, [1979] Crim. L.R. 596?
The Criminal Appeal Reports and Criminal Law Review are commercially published, by Thomson Reuters and Sweet & Maxwell respectively. They are not freely available on the internet; paid access to ...
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Which legal system has more specific and generic laws?
The premise shows have a huge misconception about what makes a law:
Civil legal system has no included laws, only the civil/penal code exist and you can not be punished for anything that is not ...
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2
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Can courts override regulations?
united-states
Invalidating Statutes
It is inconceivable that the courts of law could override statutes.
The courts are bound by statutes, and only have leeway in interpreting
them where they are ...
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Can courts override regulations?
canada
Regulations are products of executive action and can be reviewed for validity on a variety of grounds:
Regulations are valid if they are passed by the Governor in Council, signed by the ...
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Are there legal cases related to trademark infringement for using names inside a work?
You cannot copyright or trademark a name. Trademarks typically are more than just a name, but include stylizations including font, coloring, logos, or other icons and symbols. For example, The ...
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How is the practice of non-publication of appeal-court opinions of states and the U.S. not in violation of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment?
Based on the hypothetical scenario provided, it is possible that the practice of non-publication of appeal-court opinions by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Nth Circuit or courts of appeals of any ...
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