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Why is Trump's alleged fraud in New York not prosecuted as a criminal offense?
Some offences are crimes, some offences are not, and some can be prosecuted either way
In common law jurisdictions the legislature can determine if an offence is a crime punishable by fines and/or ...
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Is it legal to share digital copies of copyrighted material by allowing access to my cloud drive?
In your question, (3) asserts that you "legally purchase a paper", which might lead to a first sale doctrine that you have the right to sell, display or otherwise dispose of that particular ...
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Is it legal to share digital copies of copyrighted material by allowing access to my cloud drive?
The principle that you can do what you want with what you buy is the "first sale doctrine." In the United States, this is codified at 17 U.S.C. § 109(a):
the owner of a particular copy or ...
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Why is Trump's alleged fraud in New York not prosecuted as a criminal offense?
In the U.S., public official enforce the law with both civil actions and criminal actions as they deem appropriate. In this case, the NY attorney-general did bring a separate criminal case against the ...
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Civil liability for criminal punishment
In england-and-wales, Mark's claim is likely to fail. There are several overlapping principles, which are different rules of law but which all point to the same outcome:
"It is a rule of law and ...
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Civil liability for criminal punishment
In the hypothetical jurisdiction a duty of care arose in the circumstances and Eve breached the duty, causing damages to Mark, which gives Mark a cause of action against Eve.
Although in the ...
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the whole judiciary is based on abductive reasoning
The judiciary is not a product of abductive reasoning
The judiciary (also known as the judicial system, judicature, judicial branch, judicative branch, and court or judiciary system) is the system of ...
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