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Telling to a different person of a very bad experience of someone
A graduate student in the UK told me about a really grave experience that they had in a different country. This experience has a long-lasting effect on their life and studies. However, I am not 100% ...
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Is it true that the UK head of state does not require a passport to travel?
According to this Guardian quiz, the British monarch is not required to have a passport. The question asks "Which of these things does the Queen not need to have?" and gives the options: &...
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Section 184 of the Canadian Criminal Code and Foreign Actors
This is inspired by recent events, but I will not be naming names.
My understanding of section 184 is that people in Canada are allowed to intercept communications by any means provided that they ...
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What regulations is this person talking about?
I am studying at a US university, on a student loan from a UK company - funds are paid directly to the university.
The loan provider already disbursed the loan amount to my university's finaid ...
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How corrupt does a contract need to be for a country to invalidate it?
It is in the news that there is a case in the UK High Court regarding a contract between Process & Industrial Developments (P&ID) and the Nigerian state. It involved gas extraction, but the ...
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Whiteboards availability in High courts and Supreme courts of USA and UK
Are Whiteboards available separately for the two lawyers in High courts and Supreme courts of USA and UK to explain their cases?
If No, Do you recommend to have Whiteboards in the courts?
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Can Scotland secede without permission from London?
Can Scotland secede without permission from London, from the standpoint of international law? There's a thing called "the right of a people for self-determination". I wonder whether it's ...
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Do countries which ceased to exist de facto continue to "exist" de jure in some jurisidictions?
I.e. Russian Empire, which was obviously recognized by the UK and the US, ceased to exist de facto due to a revolution. It was de facto succesed by the USSR, but the USSR wasn't a legal succesor. ...
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If I sell an item to someone in another country, whose laws apply?
If I sell a large item (example car/caravan/boat) from the UK in a private deal to a person in a country in the EU, which countries laws (apply in the event of a dispute)?
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Is it legal to copy the KJV?
If I understand correctly, the King James Version of the Bible is copyrighted in the UK but nowhere else. I live in the US. If I upload a copy of it to my Web site (which is hosted in the US), is that ...
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What are the implications of the Good Friday Agreement for customs controls?
After the Good Friday Agreement was concluded, customs and security controls between the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom were removed (From Wikipedia). The Irish border is one of the major ...
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Who has jurisdiction on an International flight in international airspace in a sexual assault case?
This question relates to a recent sexual assault case of a passenger on an airline from Newark, NJ to London, England as published at the Daily Mail.
No details are available in this article as to the ...
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Belgium's historical Charter for indefinite access to UK waters
In 1666 King Charles II issued the Fisheries Privilege Charter granting 50 fishermen from the city of Bruges ‘eternal access’ to British waters, and the EU are now trying to 'grandfather' this treaty. ...
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Law enforcement requesting passwords from companies?
Could UK law enforcement enforce s.49 of RIPA 2000 on a company outside the UK, say Snapchat, Facebook, or Google, in order to retrieve a user's hashed password from their database to log into that ...
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How is a person residing abroad subject to US law?
I am reading this press release of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California.
The attorney states that:
Mason Sheppard, aka “Chaewon,” 19, of Bognor Regis, in the United ...
