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Is it illegal to tell others to commit crimes?
There's "conspiracy", which seems to involve cooperating on a crime, and "solicitation", which at least in some jurisdictions is written to require that specific actions ...
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Would or could it be a public order offence (racially/religiously aggravated or otherwise) to burn or mutilate a national flag or a holy scripture?
In the UK, Alice burns a Quran on a public pavement.
Bob tears up an Irish flag.
Do either of these commit public order offences?
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Legality of busking a song with copyrighted melody but using different lyrics to deliver a message
Are there any legal impediments to busking a song with melody and lyrics copyrighted in the United States---with the same melody but with different lyrics---on U.S. streets?
Does it matter if the song ...
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Is it considered harrassment in the US to call a black man the N-word?
I recently saw a Youtube Short featuring a man interviewing Jordan Peterson and they were discussing the legality of calling someone by racial slurs, specifically the N-word. Seemingly having actually ...
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Is justifying communal violence not illegal?
India, unfortunately, has a history of communal violences mostly between two largest religious communities.
Violence due to separatism, casteism, terrorism etc also have similar histories.
There are ...
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Is a Nazi party legal in the US?
I read about the leading case National Socialist Party of America v. Village of Skokie and got curious about the legality of having a Nazi party in the US. The Wikipedia article on that party says it ...
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Hate-Speech website hosted in the USA, but targeting an audience overseas
A website promoting Nazism and Racial hatred is hosted in the USA, but targeting an audience overseas - specifically Australia. Does this break any obvious laws?
EDIT: I strongly suspect that the ...
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