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Can male guardians prevent Egyptian women from leaving the country?
As an unmarried adult Egyptian woman living abroad with a valid Egyptian passport, can my father/brother/... stop me, by law, from leaving Egypt after a visit there?
I know I don't need to show a permission by a male guardian at the airport to…
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Ethical Hacking
How is Ethical Hacking (Certified Ethical Hackers) defined by U.S. law?
Is there any law which protects an Ethical Hacker for helping to find out bugs and security loopholes in online/digital services being used by a corporation/government…
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Would GDPR affect my own personal website?
I am developing my own website with a blog, portfolio and tutorials, which will be accessible to the public.
As I am the only person who is in charge (my personal site), would I have to oblige to GDPR?
What I want to do is make an administrator…
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Can President of the United States pardon himself if convicted of treason or some other wrong doing?
I wanted to know whether the POTUS could pardon himself if he/she is criminally charged with treason or some other wrong doing.
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Can I defend myself from excessive police force?
Hypothetical situation:
Say the police are chasing me. I get tackled after which I go limp and stop resisting. Subsequently the officer starts throwing elbows to my face. I'm not sure why he's hitting me (...maybe he or his partner got hurt in…
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How to handle questionable legal correspondence not intended for me?
I have an email address from a public provider consisting of my first name and surname - I routinely get a lot of email for other people with the same name, sometimes I respond with a polite "sorry, you've been given a wrong email address", most of…
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Is there a common name for lawyers and judges?
Lawyers and Judges, for as different as their roles may be, still work in the same system, and share many skills, even if their jobs involve vary different application of said skills.
Thus, I'm curious, given these similarities, is there a common…
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Would "Stop a Douchebag" be legal in the US? Why is it legal in Russia?
In Russia, there is a movement called Stop a Douchebag, whose prime activities are as follows.
Prevent people from driving on sidewalks.
Prevent double parking.
The participants in this movement seem to adhere to very respectful speech. However, I…
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My company handed me a letter today telling me I owe them money because they overpaid me. Do I legally have to pay them?
I work an hourly job. I got a letter today telling me that they overpaid me and I owe them money. My job pays minimum wage and I'm not sure how they "overpaid" me, their computers pay me per second that I work. I can view the hours I've worked in…
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Police encounter: "Why do you think I stopped you?" Is there any legal downside in answering "I don't know"?
Many police encounters in the United States start with the police officer asking "Why do you think I stopped you?"
Is there any legal downside in answering "I don't know"?
If state-specific, I am mostly interested in the case where I am located in…
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Are US states obligated to extradite criminals to other states?
Bob is born and raised Californian. He goes over to Texas, and commits a bunch of Texan crimes (which aren't illegal whatsoever in California). Before the police are onto him, Bob goes back to California. Later on, Texas has a mountain of evidence…
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Why are lawyers not called "doctor"?
I don't quite understand the education process for lawyers, but I do understand there are a number of different degrees, and one of them is 'JD', the juris doctor. My Latin is quite rusty, but I believe that is "Doctor of Law."
So why are they not…
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Are you legally obliged to provide police with alibis?
It may be hard to develop an example where not providing police with an alibi is in your own best interests. Assume for arguments sake that this is the case.
Is it legal to withhold an alibi when you have one?
Does your right to not…
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How can a court pause a law?
It often happens in the United States that a federal court decides to pause a law before it can go into effect. Of course, courts can do this, but how does this actually work? What "thing" does the court do to pause a law?
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Can a search of a person's belongings in jail actually be illegal?
Can a search of a person's belongings in jail actually be illegal? Or is this only the case of privileged individuals?
This question stems from the recent findings in the case of artist P. Diddy. An article at msn.com writes about this as…
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