Questions tagged [is-x-legal]
Is X Legal? Questions that postulate a scenario or behavior, then ask if that scenario or behavior is legal. Please read Meta before asking a question of this form!
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Legality of mercy killing
I understand that there are multiple question on here regarding mercy killing, assisted suicide and euthanasia but as I've read, the specifics of the situation are crucial to the legality of it and my ...
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Would it be legal to supply an item that deliberately stops working after the guarantee expires?
I have TV that failed about a week after the 3 year guarantee expired.
Obviously this is annoying, and I'm back to using a 15 year old TV that I dug out from the attic.
Realistically, this failure so ...
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Is it an Offence to Sleep in a Campervan While Drunk?
This answer to this question states that the onus is on the defendent to prove they were not going to drive while they were unfit. Leaving aside the question about the flipped burden of proof, does ...
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Is it legal to pretend to be drunk?
There is a famous joke that goes like this:
There is a huge crowd drinking in a pub in the outskirts of a small town. A police car waits in hiding nearby, to catch anyone who tries to drive away ...
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Is smart watch illegal while in control of the vehicle?
From the gov.uk website:
It’s illegal to hold and use a phone, sat nav, tablet, or any device
that can send or receive data, while driving or riding a motorcycle.
A smartwatch can send or receive ...
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Can I sell an unscheduled compound as a recreational drug in the USA?
From the Oxilofrine Wikipedia page:
Legal Status US: Unapproved "New Drug" (as defined by 21 U.S. Code § 321(p)(1)). Use in dietary supplements, food, or medicine is unlawful; otherwise ...
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Is there any way to legally sleep in your car while drunk?
As I understand it, if one is found inside one's car with the keys while drunk, even if asleep, one is as guilty of drunk driving as if one was actually driving. If one finds oneself over the limit, ...
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Who is breaking the law if a child engages in the gig economy?
There is a news story about children working for delivery apps that describes the practice as "illegal". The exact details are not clear, to me at least, so suppose the following ...
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Is it illegal to take turns going to the bathroom with an unrelated 3 year child in the same room if the child doesn't see anything?
I just wanted to know hypothetically. Like for a babysitter or a teacher on a field trip. For instance if you went a play for a class Field trip and the child got upset at a scary part so you take the ...
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Can an employer deduct PPE from pay?
Can an employer require their employees to pay for their own personal protective equipment? For example, if working in a restaurant where gloves are required, could a boss require the employees to pay ...
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Is it possible the destruction of tents in central London is legal?
It is in the news that Veolia workers took and destroyed multiple tents and their contents in Central London. Is there a way that this could be legal?
About 10 tents were destroyed along with the ...
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What legal actions can a minor take against an adult having photos of her
A man printed out 400+ pictures of different girls, ages ranging from 15 to 20. From what I could tell most of the pictures were from social media accounts, there were mirror pictures, bikini pictures,...
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Can a computer be guilty of insider trading?
It is reported that a computer demonstrated "insider trading" in a simulated environment:
In the test, the AI bot is a trader for a fictitious financial investment company.
The employees ...
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Can the Cyber Resilience Act make it illegal to retire?
Suppose Alice develops some software and releases it under an open source licence. She receives just enough money to be counted as "commercial". This may be donations from users, it may be ...
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Can Bob be convicted of raping his wife Alice?
Bob and Alice are apparently happily married for 5 years and have sex nearly every night. Sometimes they are very lucid, others barely awake. Occasionally (perhaps 1 in 10 times) they have some ...
