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Which countries' inheritance laws apply?
My mother, a German national with a green card passed away recently. Her husband (my dad) of 59 years is an American citizen (born in US). My mother spent the majority of her adult years in the United ...
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Legality of stealing news
Say I read in the newspaper that a kangaroo shot a man on highway 45.
If I put this information on my homepage, and don't copy the exact wording of the newspaper, this is probably ok and not a ...
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Is it illegal to sell malware?
Is it illegal to produce and sell malware?
If no, is there any data I need to collect on the customers?
Is it illegal to produce and sell Crypters(programs that hide other programs from antivirus)?
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How can a person declaring bankruptcy afford a lawyer?
In most jurisdictions, a person overwhelmed by debt can declare a personal bankruptcy (for example, filing for a Chapter 7 bankruptcy in the United States, or for a Verbraucherinsolvenz in Germany).
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Repercussions from hitting protesters blocking highways
From “What power do I have as a driver if my interstate route is blocked by a protest?”, I understand that intentionally hitting protesters who block the road is considered “Vehicular Misdemeanour”. ...
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Treatment of lying/exaggerating witnesses
So I'm asking this in the setting of a criminal trial, but I'd also be interested to hear about the treatment of the same aspect in a civil trial.
Assume Danny (D) finds himself accused of some ...
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Is it perjury if I accidentally make a false statement under oath, but fail to correct it once I realized?
This answer claims that you are required to correct an accidental false statement made under oath:
When you become aware that a statement made under oath was false
(assuming such a statement was ...
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What if the law changes after your proces begins?
What would happen if there is a law change and those laws had had an influence on your case? Some scenarios, what would happen:
The law you are sued for is deleted ...
while your process is going
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Which jurisdiction applies in an international case around a missing package?
Let's say a company in Mississippi send a package to a customer in the EU (Germany). The item has already been billed, including shipping costs.
Due to mishandling at the customs, the package is sent ...
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Is viewing pornographic content with questionable consent of depicted person illegal?
Many pornographic sites have a community that is uploading videos to the site. Some of the most well-known sites like pornhub.com and xhamster.com are an example for such websites.
There are several ...
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How is the 'right to life' reconciled with the legal authority of military officers? (to issue orders that will cause deaths)
I'm not familiar with the academic or practical debates for this topic so I would like to ask it here.
The closest related was this decision of the German supreme court regarding plane shootdowns: ...
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Why can you use the font “Helvetica” for free in LaTeX although it would otherwise be required to pay a fee?
When looking for the Helvetica font, it usually costs you a certain amount of money because it is not a free font. But when I am using the free open source software LaTeX, I can use the font wherever ...
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Are chess games copyrighted?
First and foremost, I've already done some research regarding my question - web pages including, but not limited to the following ones, weren't able to answer my question to it's full extent:
https://...
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Difference between German citizenship and ability to obtain a passport? Would additional citizenships remove these German ones?
I am a US citizen born in the US to US citizen parents who also hold dual citizenship (of Colombia for one and of Germany for the other). I hold a US passport.
As far as I can tell on the German ...
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Marriage between two brothers and related situations
Incest (for example between a brother and sister) seems to be illegal in most countries. The main (and only?) argument for that is that there is a high probability that the children might be ...
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