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Is citizenship a requirement to become a prosecutor/ judge in the US, the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand?

As I am currently pursuing a law degree in International and European law, I was looking at job opportunities in English-speaking countries. I know the basic (technical/ academic) requirements to ...
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Someone has recreated (part) of my blog years after it closed. Same domain. Do I have any recourse?

I used to have a travel blog - nothing fancy, but at https://www.marksmayo.com (please only visit with adblock to avoid giving them any ad revenue). I let it expire a couple of years ago, backed up ...
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Permissibility of ex-parte communication for judges in the US

Watching some legal movies it struck me as odd where judges are portrayed talking to one of the parties in the absence of the other (ex-parte communication). Say in New Zealand, this amounts to ...
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Tax treaty and residence country taxation

Suppose you are a scholar that has a contract at a university in state S for less than 2 years, and you are resident in your home country, say Italy. Then you successfully apply for tax treaty ...
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Do US laws apply worldwide? Which US laws apply worldwide?

Do US laws apply worldwide? Kim Dotcom, never in USA, yet court proceedings for extradition from New Zealand to USA ongoing. A Chinese arrested in Canada during layover for breaking US sanctions law. ...
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Is it possible to get extradicted to a country you never have been to?

I'm trying to wrap my head around the MegaUpload / Kim Dotcom case for quite a while now. On twitter he claims: I never lived there I never traveled there I had no company there But all I worked for ...
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