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Could a Landlord (successfully) sue AirBnB when a tenant is subletting against their lease?
In the Guardian (a British newspaper), there is a question and answer about a landlord whose tenant sublet their apartment with AirBnB. This was contrary to their lease. The tenant also fell into rent arrears with the Landlord. Could the Landlord…
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What international law did Ecuador break by storming the Mexican embassy?
It is in the news that
Mexico is cutting ties with Ecuador after police stormed the Mexican embassy in Quito to arrest former Ecuadorian Vice-President Jorge Glas.
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said they had "forcibly entered" the…
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On American Jury Duty and Doctors' Letters to the Contrary
In the United States, can someone be legitimately be summoned for jury duty when a doctor provided a letter with medical reasons to the contrary?
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Italian and Greek Law: Do I need to get permissions and pay fees to create 3D models of ancient Greek buildings and ancient Italian buildings?
If I want to create some 3D models of ancient Greek buildings such as the Parthenon and some ancient Italian buildings such as the Pantheon for a mobile app, do I need to get the permission or purchase a license from anyone?
Or are these ancient…
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Are there any kinds of laws that prohibit personally harmful speech?
In response to this article from The Economist, I was wondering if there are any other countries that prohibit this type of speech? Not libel, since that relates directly to issues of the "right to a good name," nor any kinds of blasphemy or…
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Finding the license for a widely-used photograph
I'm writing a blog post related to the C programming language, and would like to illustrate it with this iconic photograph of Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie in front of a DEC PDP-11, but only if doing so is legal.
The above link is the closest I…
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Does discrimination law apply to prostitutes?
Bob is a male prostitute who only services female clients. Charles is a homosexual male who would like to solicit his services, but Bob being straight and so finding this proposition unenticing, refuses. Has Bob unlawfully discriminated against…
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Legal Rule that computers are presumed to be operating correctly
I was reading the following academic paper. At the very beginning, it mentions that under the Law in England & Wales, a computer is presumed to be operating correctly.
This is the line I am interested in:
"In England and Wales, courts consider…
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Would a user of the Stack Exchange API be liable for re-publishing copyright infringing data?
Data obtained from the Stack Exchange API is cc-wiki licensed.
This license explicitly encourages the user of the API to copy, redistribute, remix and transform the data obtained from the API for any purpose, provided that appropriate credit is…
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Has anyone been prosecuted in the US because a minor consumed alcohol for religious purposes?
Has anyone been prosecuted because a minor drank alcohol for religious purposes, such as sacramental wine used for the Eucharist/Communion in some Christian denominations? This could be either the minor being prosecuted for illegally consuming…
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Is creating the possibility for an illegal outcome already illegal?
A contrived example:
You connect the fuse of a bomb to a 50/50 randomizer and take it for a walk across some public place.
You get lucky with the randomizer and the bomb doesn't go off.
Can you still be legally charged?
I understand that…
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What does the "(U)" prefixed to each paragraph denote in reports by the US Senate Select Committees?
To illustrate, here's a screenshot from page 52 of the "Postwar findings about Iraq’s WMD programs and links to terrorism and how they compare with prewar assessment", with the text transcribed here:
(U) Conclusion 1: Postwar findings do not…
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Why does Art. 103 of the German Basic Law forbid a second trial after an acquittal?
The German Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgerichts) recently ruled that a second trial (due to new evidence) after a previous acquittal violates the German constitution:
BVerfG urteilt zur umstrittenen Wiederaufnahme-Vorschrift -…
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Seeking Presidential Immunity
ABC News reports that former President Trump is seeking to invoke "presidential" immunity in the lawsuit regarding: E. Jean Carroll's 2019 damage claims.
In statements Trump made denying the accusation, Trump said Carroll was "not my type" and…
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Civil liability for criminal punishment
Eve, as a practical joke, asks Mark to go to a place she describes as a “public park” to fetch a hat she had supposedly left behind. Unbeknownst to Mark (but beknownst to Eve) the area is actually an unmarked Wild Turtle preserve. A law criminalises…
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