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## None
There is no legal obligation of any country to fix any damage in another. Any compensation or apologies are acts of politics, which is off-topic.
The Customs of war, codified in the Hague and Geneva Conventions say you shall not harm non-involved countries. Still, they contain no punitive measures against a... |
## None
There is no legal obligation of any country to fix any damage in another. Any compensation or apologies are acts of politics, which is off-topic.
The Customs of war, codified in the Hague and Geneva Conventions say you shall not harm non-involved countries. Still, they contain no punitive measures against a... |
A person's biological sex is different than their chosen gender. Reference this article for a more complete understanding: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/232363
Since it is physically impossible for anyone other than a biological woman with a uterus to be pregnant, such a person's decision to self-ident... |
A person's biological sex is different than their chosen gender. Reference this article for a more complete understanding: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/232363
Since it is physically impossible for anyone other than a biological woman with a uterus to be pregnant, such a person's decision to self-ident... |
>If the court adjudicated that they didn't shoot the MH17 plane on purpose (they thought, mistakingly, that it was a Ukrainian military aircraft)
The court **did** assume it was done on purpose.
>[2022-11-17: BBC News - MH17: Three guilty as court finds Russia-controlled group downed airliner](https://www.bbc.co.u... |
>If the court adjudicated that they didn't shoot the MH17 plane on purpose (they thought, mistakingly, that it was a Ukrainian military aircraft)
The court **did** assume it was done on purpose.
>[2022-11-17: BBC News - MH17: Three guilty as court finds Russia-controlled group downed airliner](https://www.bbc.co.u... |
Suppose there is a law saying it is illegal to XYZ between 10 PM and 6 AM. If Alice XYZs at 11 PM, she cannot use "I didn't know about the law" as a defense. What if she does know about the law, but her watch (due to something she could not have known about or prevented) incorrectly shows that it is 9 PM, and she has n... |
Is ignorance of facts an excuse? |
The reason I ask is this. My father was bicycling when he crossed in front of traffic and was struck by someone driving a vehicle, and unfortunately, he died shortly after. I won’t go through all the evidence, but I happen to know what was almost certainly the cause of my father crossing in front of traffic like this. ... |
Is it legal to contact someone whose name you got from a police report? |
For example, a millionaire forms an LLC to sell lemonade on the sidewalk and they put a job posting in the local newspaper where they specified that only a person of a particular ethnicity, marital status, and gender would be hired.
The LLC has only a few planks of wood and a bag of lemons as its assets.
Is there... |
Is an LLC with no assets effectively impervious to lawsuits? |
For example, a millionaire forms an LLC to sell lemonade on the sidewalk and they put a job posting in the local newspaper where they specified that only a person of a particular ethnicity, marital status, and gender would be hired. He then rejected applicants accordingly.
The LLC has only a few planks of wood and a... |
I'm making software that will be proprietary software, which contains some source code or objects from several different open source licenses such as BSD 3-clause, MIT, MPL, Apache, and GPL 3.0, can I mention the owner of the code or object , what are the provisions regarding the mention of trade names or trademarks wh... |
What are the provisions for mentioning the trademark or trade name of source code orobjects licensed in open source software for proprietary software? |
I just stumbled upon [this article](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/17/british-russian-man-to-fight-charge-of-illegally-flying-drone-in-norway), 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 c... |
If the court adjudicated that they didn't shoot the MH17 plane on purpose (they thought, mistakenly, that it was a Ukrainian military aircraft), why did it find the defendants guilty of murder as opposed to something else (negligent homicide or whatever)? |
>If the court adjudicated that they didn't shoot the MH17 plane on purpose (they thought, mistakenly, that it was a Ukrainian military aircraft)
The court **did** assume it was done on purpose.
>[2022-11-17: BBC News - MH17: Three guilty as court finds Russia-controlled group downed airliner](https://www.bbc.co.uk... |
I have been under the strong impression that, globally, laws that disadvantage people on the basis of their citizenship — barring immigration/visa laws — are extremely rare. In fact, I can't recall coming across any such law before I saw [this question][1] (which states that Norway has passed a law banning Russian citi... |
How common are laws that disadvantage people on the basis of their citizenship? |
If an Interim Charging Order on a property was never updated to a Final Charging Order can I get it removed? It has been over 13 years.
Thanks |
A person's biological sex is different than their chosen gender. Reference this article for a more complete understanding: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/232363
Since it may be fairly presumed to be physically impossible for anyone other than a biological woman with a uterus to be pregnant, (based on st... |
As originally enacted, this Act was named:
> An Act to shorten the Time now required for giving Notice of the Royal Intention of his Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, that the Parliament shall meet and be holden for the Dispatch of Business, and more effectually to provide for the Meeting of Parliament in the case ... |
UK consumer collects medication from a UK pharmacy. Medication has obvious manufacturing quality issues identified before leaving the pharmacy.
Does the pharmacy has the obligation to report the quality issue to their supplier; or does the consumer has to deal directly with the manufacturer regarding the medication... |
For context I am part of a LGBTQ+ MC community who ran a minecraft server catering to adults in the kink community. Recently without warning our server was blacklisted by Mojang. Apparently one of the mods we were using violated their EULA or Terms, though trying to find out what that was that they had issue with was n... |
If a Minecraft server is run through a third party service, like mcprohosting, and whitelisted behind a private discord, does Mojang have power? |
Say there's a clause (art. 14) that creates an obligation for party A, from which an obligation for party B follows. Say it looks like this:
> art.14. Every year, no later than six months after the end of that
> calendar year, Party A will provide Party B with a section-by-section
> overview of the costs for servi... |
If a party does not fulfil an obligation of a clause, and the other party ignores the failure for a long time, is the clause still legally valid? |
As I understand it the Brandenburg test for deciding if speech is protected has two parts:
1. The speech is “directed to inciting or producing imminent lawless action,” AND
2. The speech is “likely to incite or produce such action.”
I've seen plenty of cases dealing with #1, I'm curious of #2. Is there preceden... |
The [German news reports](https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/tarifkonflikt-metall-elektro-einigung-101.html) that the employer and employee representatives have reached a new collective labour agreement covering metal and electricity industries. I was surprised by on aspect of the agreement:
> Hinzu kommen steuer... |
How can employer and union agree to tax-free payments? |
> If a party does not fulfil an obligation of a clause, and the other party ignores the failure for a long time, is the clause still legally valid?
Yes, the clause remains valid. But only breaches where the [statute of limitations][1] has not expired are actionable.
A party's waiver of his entitlement pursuant to... |
> If a party does not fulfil an obligation of a clause, and the other party ignores the failure for a long time, is the clause still legally valid?
Yes, the clause remains valid. But only breaches where the [statute of limitations][1] has not expired are actionable.
A party's waiver of his entitlement pursuant to... |
I have been under the strong impression that, globally, laws that disadvantage people on the basis of their citizenship — barring immigration/visa laws — are extremely rare. In fact, I can't recall coming across any such law before I saw [this question][1] (which states that Norway has passed a law banning Russian citi... |
Suppose someone tortures, beats, rapes, and then kills another person through many stab wounds. Assume the highest possible potential punishment (i.e. death penalty allowed). The killer can be proven to have committed the crime through non digital evidence alone. What additional punishments can be imposed if there is a... |
What is the heaviest punsihment for a murderer with digital evidence of premeditated 1st degree murder? |
The book "Nuclear War Survival Skills" has this text in the copyright section: "The copyrighted material may be reproduced without obtaining permission from anyone". Does this mean that Amazon can't charge for the ebook? Or just that anyone is able to make copies once they have a copy? And if they can make copies, are ... |
Can someone sell an e-book with an open copyright? |
Suppose someone tortures, beats, rapes, and then kills another person through many stab wounds. They then proceed to commit treason, openly abuse the leaders of the country, and then plot against the country. Then they goAssume the highest possible potential punishment (i.e. death penalty allowed). The killer can be pr... |
Suppose a Russian citizen commits many of the worst atrocities. Now suppose that they have a whole digital record of planning and premeditation. Would the digital evidence make the Russian Civilian get the maximum sentence possible? |
In Russia, if a perp commits several of the worst crimes and there is digital evidence for them, do they get the max sentence? |
Suppose a Russian citizen commits many of the worst atrocities. Now suppose that they have a whole digital record of planning and premeditation. Would the digital evidence make the Russian Civilian get the maximum sentence possible?
Note: I know that it is possible to get the max without digital evidence. I would li... |
> In Russia, if a perp commits several of the worst crimes and there is
> digital evidence for them, do they get the max sentence?
Not necessarily.
Russian judges, like judges everywhere, have considerable discretion in sentencing decisions for most crimes (although there are probably particular crimes for whic... |
Is it a crime for a mail lady to take mail out of your hand, threaten to destroy it and drive off? |
The mail lady knocked on my door and asked for me to sign for certified mail for my dad. I declined.
She ended up snatching all the mail she handed me which was primarily non certified (Only one piece was certified). She said she was destroying all the mail and we would never receive it or any future mail at that ad... |
The mail lady knocked on my door, handed me a stack of mail, and asked for me to sign for one piece of certified mail for my dad. I declined.
She ended up snatching all the mail she handed me which was primarily non certified (Only one piece was certified). She said she was destroying all the mail and we would never... |
The mail lady knocked on my door, handed me a stack of mail, and asked for me to sign for one piece of certified mail for my dad. I declined.
She ended up snatching all the mail she handed me which was primarily non certified (Only one piece was certified which meant it required a signature). She said she was destro... |
### When *Marks* is relevant
The *Marks* rule is direction from the Supreme Court to lower court judges as to how to deduce the controlling position when the Court itself can't come to a majority position. When a majority of justices agree in the outcome of a case, but not on the law that gets them there, the *Marks... |
I will soon be a major witness in a criminal trial of another in the USA. I was present at the scene and was asked by state to testify at criminal trial. The defendant is facing felony charges against the person and property (burglary)
In meeting with prosecutors, I was briefed on importance of my role as an witnes... |
In two works of fiction I read or saw, a person was convicted for murder when the victim was actually alive. (In one case, not *quite* alive - police take finger prints of an unknown 30 year old woman, freshly murdered, and finds that they match a 16 year old girl supposedly murdered 14 years before, with her father in... |
For context, I am part of a LGBTQ+ Minecraft community who ran a Minecraft server catering to adults in the kink community.
Recently, without warning our server was blacklisted by Mojang. Apparently one of the mods we were using violated their EULA or Terms, though trying to find out what that was that they had iss... |
If a Minecraft server is run through a third party service, like mcprohosting, and whitelisted behind a private Discord, does Mojang have power? |
> In Russia, if a perp commits several of the worst crimes and there is
> digital evidence for them, do they get the max sentence?
Not necessarily.
Russian judges, like judges everywhere, have considerable discretion in sentencing decisions for most crimes (although there are probably particular crimes for whic... |
How common are laws targeting holders of specific citizenships to disadvantage them? |
Rob has created some illegal copies (violating the copyright) and is (illegally) selling them.
Bob likes the content, and, unable to find any legal copies of the same content, buys from Rob.
I get it that the contract is null and void.
However, Bob, knowing all the above, still completes the transaction and en... |
Is it punishable to purchase (knowingly) illegal copies where legal ones are not available? |
If an Interim Charging Order on a property was never updated to a Final Charging Order can I get it removed? It has been over 13 years.
Edit to add more detail.
The creditor managed to sneak the interim charging order in the day before my bankruptcy hearing. So literally the very next day I was declared bankrupt.... |
In the UK, "[Self-assessed income tax (for those who pay by instalments) will be deemed to accrue evenly over the tax year in which the relevant accounting period ends](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/328551/recognition_points_of_tax_and_duty_heads.pdf). T... |
When exactly does UK self-assessment tax accrue? |
my adult son 28 has moved in with his girlfriend and her parents and has left the majority of his belongings in my house, How long do I have to give him to remove them and what can I do if he doesn't remove them ( can i dispose of them ) ? |
Many non-stick products are sold with a limited lifetime warranty, e.g. for their NONstickiness — see pictures at the bottom. **Presume as a fact that a consumer has perfectly followed** [manufacturer's proper care and use instructions](https://www.zwilling.com/us/about-us/use-care/article-use-care-cookware.html).
I... |
How can Plaintiff prove, on a balance of probabilities, proper care and use of a non-stick product with a lifetime warranty? |
Many non-stick products are sold with a limited lifetime warranty, e.g. for their NONstickiness — see pictures at the bottom. **Presume as a fact that a consumer has perfectly followed** [manufacturer's proper care and use instructions](https://www.zwilling.com/us/about-us/use-care/article-use-care-cookware.html).
I... |
When claiming under Manufacturer's warranty, how can Plaintiff prove never breaching Manufacturer's proper care and use instructions? |
Yesterday, Evilstan declared war on Ruritania. One of the Ruritanian units, let's call them the 1st Chasseurs manages to encircle a splinter troop of Evilstanian troops from the 2nd Armored Rifle Brigade. Encircled and rounded up, the commander of this group from the 2nd ARB pops a white flag and his troops leave their... |
Yesterday, Evilstan declared war on Ruritania. One of the Ruritanian units, let's call them the 1st Chasseurs manages to encircle a splinter troop of Evilstanian troops from the 2nd Armored Rifle Brigade. Encircled and rounded up, the commander of this group from the 2nd ARB pops a white flag and his troops leave their... |
Does an act of Perfidy excuse no quarter? |
It should contain one of the following two clauses:
1. A clause that explicitly lists all of the side projects you are working on at the point of employment, that will not be transferred to the employer's ownership under [Section 11 of the Copyright, Designs and Patent Act 1998][1] ("the Act") which states
> (1... |
Excuse my ignorance in law and licensing, I have an inquiry regarding Odoo Community Edition that's licensed under LGPLv3, I am planning to develop some addons for it to be suitable for a specific market on top of the Odoo Community Edition, and sell it as a SaaS solution, the customer will have no access to the server... |
I was viewing a televised case, the Judge asks the defendant “have any threats or promises been made to you to deliver this plea” before the defendant delivers their guilty plea as part of a plea bargain.
I was wondering, how is a plea bargain/plea agreement exempt from being considered a “promise” as the judge words ... |
How is a plea agreement NOT a “threat or promise”? |
I recently read a bunch of stories about people making shooting/bomb threats on the internet and being arrested for it. These are often written in a matter-of-fact way.
But I know I have also seen people also make death threats in a joking context, and I am just wondering if even these people are putting themselves ... |
There is a free to browse online database of family mottos related to coat of arms and heraldry etc. As I understand it most of these are historical. To quote from the site (I have redacted the name in case it is not allowed)
*This is a Free Motto resource center containing approx. 9,000 mottoes transcribed from Elv... |
Is it possible to have any kind of ownership over historical family mottos? |
Is it always a good idea to instruct opposing lawyers to speak directly? |
## Assume there were 10 years between the 2 events ##
Does that answer your question? It doesn’t matter if it’s 10 years or 10 minutes, deliberately killing non-combatants is a war crime no matter how annoyed or upset you are. |
I've been renting the basement of a two unit home for several years in NJ. The initial term of the lease was for 1 year and then converted into a month to month tenancy after the first year.
The home was sold to a new owner (who plans on occupying the upstairs apartment) and the new owner moved to terminate the dow... |
Is an Arbitration Agreement Binding on a New Owner? |
I've been renting the basement of a two unit home for several years in NJ. The initial term of the lease was for 1 year and then converted into a month to month tenancy after the first year.
The home was sold to a new owner (who plans on occupying the upstairs apartment) and the new owner moved to terminate the dow... |
I've been renting the basement of a two unit home for several years in NJ. The initial term of the lease was for 1 year and then converted into a month to month tenancy after the first year.
The home was sold to a new owner (who plans on occupying the upstairs apartment) and the new owner moved to terminate the dow... |
Suppose that6 a tenant, T, has been renting the basement of a two unit home for several years in NJ. The initial term of the lease was for 1 year and then converted into a month to month tenancy after the first year.
The home was sold to a new owner, N (who plans on occupying the upstairs apartment) and N moved to ... |
Suppose that a tenant, T, has been renting the basement of a two unit home for several years in NJ. The initial term of the lease was for 1 year and then converted into a month to month tenancy after the first year.
The home was sold to a new owner, N (who plans on occupying the upstairs apartment) and N moved to t... |
In general, and in particular in New Jersey, a new owner takes possession subject to existing rental agreements, and in particular subject to existing leases, unless there is a provision in the lease to the contrary. This happens automatically, by law. Thus any lease is as enforceable against the new owner as it would... |
If a contract where Bob gives Alice a peppercorn and she gives him an airplane is valid, what's the point of not enforcing a contract where Alice gives Bob the plane with no consideration from Bob? |
What is the point of requiring consideration in a contract? |
If there are two significantly similar pieces of fiction, but no word to word sentences, is it possible to use artificial intelligence to prove the similarities ( or reverse engineer in the case artificial intelligence was used to write one, when the other has been used as a prompt to train the program) ? What is the l... |
Is it possible to prove copyright infringement when artificial intelligence is used? |
Reading https://www.tax-rates.org/california/san-francisco-income-tax it seems to suggest that my employer is liable to pay a 1.50% tax on my income due to me living in San Francisco despite the offices being in another location of the Bay. Will they pass down that cost to me by deducting the corresponding amount from ... |
Yesterday, Evilstan declared war on Ruritania. One of the Ruritanian units, let's call them the 1st Chasseurs manages to encircle a splinter troop of Evilstanian troops from the 2nd Armored Rifle Brigade. Encircled and rounded up, the commander of this group from the 2nd ARB pops a white flag and his troops leave their... |
Lon Fuller, in a classic article titled "[Consideration and Form](https://www.jstor.org/stable/1117840)" posited three purposes of consideration:
- an evidentiary function,
- a cautionary function, and
- a channelling function.
He quotes from Austin to say, consideration can be "evidence of the existence and purp... |
Lon Fuller, in a classic article titled "[Consideration and Form](https://www.jstor.org/stable/1117840)" posited three purposes of consideration:
- an evidentiary function,
- a cautionary function, and
- a channelling function.
He quotes from Austin to say, consideration can be "evidence of the existence and purp... |
I was trying to look through the US Code to see where it says what I would consider to be the axioms of a country and its law, something like:
> 1. There is an entity called “The United Stated”
> 2. This is the land that defines it: (territory)
> 3. The country is also defined by people who constitute the count... |
Is there any country that acknowledges people’s right to not participate? |
The Home Owner's Association's attorney labels its work products as "Attorney Client Privilege". Does the HOA's lawyer have a duty or is it standard practice to label documents (including) as privileged if it contains privileged information?
I ask because in my time working for 3 letter agencies, the equivalent of p... |
I was on YouTube a couple of days ago watching a video that looked at mobile game advertisements and whether or not they were reflective of the product.
To give an example, one game used online ads of supposed game footage with some of the characters being creatures from the Pokémon franchise. However, the actual ga... |
What are the legal issues when using copyrighted images to advertise a product that doesn't contain them? |
A copyright holder has flatly refused my request to add additional lyrics to one of their songs, for use in a private congregational church setting.
Does this mean it is simply illegal?
I have seen several high-profile cases in the pop music world recently where artists have resolved copyright dispute by simply a... |
May I add additional lyrics to a copyright song without claiming any ownership? |
# general things on copyright
Copyright law is very similar globally, due to the [Berne convention on copyright.][1]
Ány country's copyright law grants the copyright to an author. Copyright is the exclusive right of an author to authorize ("license") *copies or derivative works*. In case multiple authors jointly c... |
Suppose that a tenant, T, has been renting an apartment for several years in NJ. The initial term of the lease was for 1 year and then converted into a month to month tenancy after the first year.
The home was sold to a new owner, N and N moved to terminate the tenancy immediately after purchasing the home by sendin... |
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