System of rules adopted by a given country or shared by an international group of countries, in order to regulate the actions of the people living in those countries.
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Is It Permitted to Ask People To UnLike Some Facebook Pages? [closed]
I want to create facebook page where I ask people to unlike all company facebook pages from some country.
Is It permitted to do so? Or is this a violence?
Am I guilty juridically ?
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Can the president of the USA be refused access to classified information? [closed]
Former US President Bill Clinton was quoted as saying in a speech, talking about the alleged extra-terrestrial landings in Roswell, New Mexico in 1947:
"Well I don't know if you all heard this, ...
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Why are car seat belts mandatory in some countries? [closed]
Seat belts reduce serious crash-related injuries and deaths by about 50%.
It is compulsory in some countries (several US states, Canada, Australia, most all of European countries, ...) and others are ...
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Does legalizing prostitution decrease sexual violence against all women?
In the debate about legalizing prostitution, yes or no, one claim is the legalization will decrease sexual violence against all women.
For example from answers of pros in the link provided:
"It ...
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Did Australia ban small-breasts pornography?
There is a widely spread news about Australia banning pornography featuring actresses with A-cup breasts.
Aussie censor balks at bijou boobs
Australia's 'small breast' ban
Australia Bans Small ...
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Is the key legal, historical reason that marriage exists to regulate procreation?
During a recent radio show, at approximately 2 minutes and 30 seconds into the broadcast, Charles Cooper is quoted as saying the following in federal appeals court arguments:
The key reason that ...
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Will the Affordable Care Act negatively impact radiologists in America?
My doctor, and numerous medical students and residents* I know, have told me recently that most doctors, and especially radiologists, are going to be negatively impacted by the Affordable Care Act, ...
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Roe v. Wade: was the rape claim used or influential in the case? [closed]
Regarding the Roe v Wade case (please try to leave your opinions about abortion aside).
It is well known that Norma McCorvey ("Roe") lied about having been raped. It is also seems clear to me that ...
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Do death penalty cases cost the state more than life-long imprisonment?
There are some claims on anti-death penalty sites that death penalty (in USA) costs are significantly more then costs of long-time imprisonment.
For example :
The death penalty is much more ...
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Statistics on gun laws influencing the number of casualties per violent incident [closed]
There are likely many factors that lead to the high incidence of violence and homicides in the US, of which loose gun laws may or may not be a factor.
My question is not whether stricter gun laws ...
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Does every North Korean home have a radio that can't be turned off?
VillageOfJoy claims that:
14 Interesting Facts about North Korea
You can’t turn off the government radio installed in your home, only reduce the volume. [...]
There are many of ...
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Did a judge rule that poker is a game of skill and not chance?
I just read a NY Times article which claims that a US Judge ruled that poker is a game of skill and not one of chance.
In a ruling that goes to the heart of what it means to play poker,
Judge ...
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Is it illegal to air a prank call in the United States because of FCC regulation?
There is a show in Houston radio show on KRBE called Roula & Ryan's Roses -- you can subscribe here. It's rather amusing and trashy. I've heard it a few times before. "Retired Engineer" on ...
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Is it illegal in any U.S. jurisdiction to be in neutral at a red light?
In this related question, I asserted that it was illegal to be in neutral gear while stopped at a red light. The first comment to that question challenged me to quote chapter and verse.
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Are lax gun laws responsible for the high rate of handgun violence in the United States? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What real evidence is there for the effects of gun control?
In the wake of today's horrible tragedy in Connecticut, many say US handgun laws are to blame:
If laws ...
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Are Auto Manufacturers required under US Federal Law to provide parts for a set period of time?
Via snopes.com Message Board and here, and a similar question on mechanics.stackexchange.com:
Auto manufacturers are required by US Federal Law to have parts available for any models they sold for ...
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Has copyright piracy halved in New Zealand since their “three strikes” rule?
According to the BBC article US piracy crackdown delayed until 2013, dated November 29, 2012:
New Zealand claims that piracy has halved since it introduced a "three strikes" rule.
After a little ...
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Who writes congressional bills?
I'm not even American and even I know of School House Rock's "Just a Bill" and the Simpson's parody "An ammendment to be". In Just a Bill the bill is written by a congressman because of public outcry.
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Are vets legally allowed to treat humans?
A letter in The Daily Telegraph claims:
Vets are allowed legally to treat humans although doctors cannot treat animals. In my experience, vets offer the efficiency, pragmatism, charm, humour and ...
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Is the electric chair painless? [closed]
Almost everybody thinks that execution by electrocution is one of the most painful and horrible ways to die. But is it true ? Different sources cite that any current bigger than 0.1 mA is lethal in ...
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Was the 16th Amendment (income tax) improperly ratified?
Bill Benson released The Law that Never Was in 1985, which "claims that the Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, commonly known as the income tax amendment, was never properly ...
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Does banning abortion significantly increase or decrease the number of abortions?
According to the following article, the oft quoted result that abortion is higher in countries where it is legal is misleading:
The obvious problem with The Lancet study is that many of the
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Do 31 US states give rapist fathers visitation rights?
I saw an image on Facebook that claimed 31 US states allow the fathers of children conceived by rape to have visitation rights to the children.
The image linked to an alternet article that listed ...
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Does a customer have the legal right to receive change in whatever denomination they want if the cashier can cover it?
I am a cashier at a gas station in California and I recently had a customer put me in this situation. They prepaid for $50 in gas with a fifty dollar bill and filled their car. They had $19 in ...
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Against the law to spray-clean not according to label directions?
I have a bottle of Clorox Clean-Up Cleaner with Bleach, marketed for sale in the United States. Its label reads, in part (and with emphasis removed):
Directions for use: It is a violation of ...
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Is it, in some parts of the U.S., easier to get a rifle than to register to vote?
I've seen claims in several places that in some parts of the United States of America, the bureaucratic procedure to register to vote is more difficult/complicated than to get a permit to buy a ...
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Does the US Health Care Bill have a provision of RFID chip implants on Americans?
US Health Care Bill (PDF) in a “non-discussed” section titled: Subtitle C-11 Sec. 2521— National Medical Device Registry, and which states its purpose as…….. He quotes that part of the law and then ...
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Is it legal for a Muslim husband to beat his wife in Saudi Arabia?
Today on the 700 Club’s “Bring It On” segment where viewers ask Robertson questions, one man wondered how he should go about repairing his marriage with a wife who “insults” him and once tried to ...
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Did Apple sue New York city over the nickname Big Apple?
An article in The Guardian - Apple's rot starts with its Samsung lawsuit win
Makes the following claim:
Apple is one of the most aggressive intellectual property litigators of all time
... It's ...
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Is Julian Assange “facing charges”?
Wikileaks' twitter account states that Julian Assange doesn't face charges (as well as not being charged with anything)
UK Foreign Minister falsely states Julian #Assange faces "charges",
...
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Is it against the law to sing off-key in North Carolina?
According to Metro's Weird fact of the day:
It is against the law to sing off-key in North Carolina.
Is there such a law?
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Do fast jury verdicts favor either the prosecution or the defendant?
Trial watchers occasionally assert fast verdicts are more likely to be guilty ones. The idea has been expressed by small town newspapers and even sports reporters. At the same time, other news ...
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Were the mother and uncle of Jaswinder Kaur Sidhu arrested?
Wikipedia claims that the mother and uncle were arrested in the case of Jaswinder Kaur Sidhu. However, the main link given there is broken. Is there any alternate reliable source confirming this?
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Do you have to wait 24 hours before you can report a missing person?
From BuffaloNews.com - Niagara County procedures in place for missing seniors:
The sheriff said the department doesn’t wait the usual 24 hours in a
missing-persons case when the person being ...
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Is the trending Facebook “privacy notice” necessary and/or effective?
This facebook post has gone viral among my friends
PRIVACY NOTICE: Warning - any person and/or institution and/or Agent
and/or Agency of any governmental structure including but not limited
to ...
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Is it illegal to sell used mattresses?
I'm possibly selling a used mattress (plead the 5th) and to my surprise was told that it's illegal! I've never heard this before. It seems that many others are asking this question and have heard it ...
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Do double jeopardy laws allow you to freely commit a crime if you have already been found guilty for the same crime previously? [closed]
The movie Double Jeopardy had this as the premise, where a woman who is convicted of and has served time for the murder of her ex husband (who is not dead), plans to kill him as she claims the law ...
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Is it illegal to stop a car for a pedestrian crossing in China?
Today while preparing for one of my classes, this time on law, I found the snippet on a great many websites saying that in China:
Drivers of power-driven vehicles are forbidden to stop at ...
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Did Lady Godiva ride to the town of Coventry naked?
"The story of this 11th century english noblewoman is that her mean
husband the Earl Leofric raised taxes on the townspeople of Coventry
which Lady Godiva, and not surprisingly the locals, ...
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Can Israeli settlers shoot Palestinians with impunity?
According to one prolific contributor to Yahoo Answers:
So-called "Israeli settlers" can shoot Palestinians at will without fear of prosecution so you do want a lot of doctors,and although it ...
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Are law and medicine high-paying professions?
It seems to be taken as self-evident that law and medicine are one of the highest paying professions in the United States. However it seems to me that much of the high income from these professions ...
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Are U.S companies legally obligated to maximize profits for shareholders?
A statement that I've heard over and over, is that U.S. companies are legally obligated to maximize profits for shareholders, and that this explains why companies act socially unresponsible.
In this ...
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Can one patent a metaphor? [closed]
The patent on the Shopping Cart Metaphor is extremely concerning to me as a designer and programmer.
The digital "Shopping Cart" is nothing more than a metaphor, similar to digital "pointing" is a ...
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Is there a legal video size limit for Super Bowl parties?
Slate claims:
A Baptist congregation in Indiana plans to cancel its Super Bowl party this weekend, after receiving a threatening letter from the National Football League. NFL officials say the ...
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Is it illegal to refuse US currency for a purchase?
I hear this claim every now and then. That US currency is legal tender and that it is illegal to not accept it.
The most recent example of this was on an old episode of 30 Rock: The head and the ...
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Is it illegal to tie campaign contributions to a specific policy goal?
The petition Investigate Chris Dodd and the MPAA for bribery after he publicly admitted to bribing politicans to pass legislation implies that there is something illegal about this threat to withdraw ...
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Do laws exist that say restaurants must serve customers who request tap water?
My mother claimed the other day that it is a "state law" that any restaurant must serve customers tap water upon request, therefore not requiring customers to buy a (flavored) drink or (overpriced) ...
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Is it illegal in the U.S. for legal professionals to answer legal questions on public Internet forums?
A SE moderator said:
[I]n the US, at least, legal professionals are not permitted to answer questions on a site like this.
It seems odd that a law would prohibit someone who has passed a Bar ...
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Is there any place where you need one form of ID to buy a gun, but two to pay for it by check?
This XKCD comic strip has the following alt text:
I hear in some places, you need one form of ID to buy a gun, but two to pay for it by check. It's interesting who has what incentives to care ...
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Is it legal to kill a scotsman in York?
I once heard that it is allowed to kill a scotsman in York, if you do it with a bow and arrow. Apparently there is no danger in this law, since the bow and arrow needed to be made by a no longer ...
