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Is it illegal to give false information about a person to a foreign-based telemarketer?
The first point is that citizenship is not the controlling issue, jurisdiction is. A US citizen in Saudi Arabia is subject to Saudi law, a Saudi citizen in the US is subject to US law. I assume the ...
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What countries don't have fair use in copyright law?
Fair Use only exists in the USA
Fair use is a very specific doctrine. It only exists in the USA. Many other countries have other exceptions. Some are similar, but almost none are identical. In fact, ...
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Is it always illegal to place troops and operate weapons in civilian-populated areas during a war?
Interestingly--after some outcry--this Amnesty report was submitted to an external review by a handful of academics. As with all things related to interpretation of international law, this is hardly ...
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Is it always illegal to place troops and operate weapons in civilian-populated areas during a war?
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Deliberately targeting civilians is a war crime. All sides must take measures to separate as far as possible military targets from population centres. While it is accepted that civilian casualties ...
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Is it always illegal to place troops and operate weapons in civilian-populated areas during a war?
There are strict rules on hospitals and medical facilities designated by the red cross symbol. They may not be used for combat purposes or to shelter combat-capable troops, but the exact scope of ...
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Is British Columbia violating the 1949 Geneva Convention on Road Traffic by requiring foreign drivers to exchange their license within three months?
Art. 1
No Contracting State shall be required to extend the benefit [...] for
a continuous period exceeding one year.
This literally and clearly implies that the convention applies for a minimum ...
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What is the status of civilians who are important to the war effort?
They are non-combatants and illegitimate as targets
The Geneva Convention is not complicated on this:
According to the definitions provided by the Geneva Conventions and their first 1977 Additional ...
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Does attorney-client privilege extend to foreign lawyers?
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There isn't much case law on point, but generally, a client's confidential communications with a foreign attorney will be treated as protected by the attorney-client privilege in almost ...
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