Questions tagged [reference-request]
For requests to off-site resources, statistics, and other information. Don't use this tag if you expect citations as part of your answers.
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Request for reference to an old case - Svensk juristidining, 47 (1962) 17-32, cited in Zeisel
I'm reading an article ''Trial by mathematics: precision and ritual in the legal process'' by L. Tribe published in Harvard Law Review 1971 April (link). It mentions in page 1340 an interesting ...
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Does the Canadian government translate court cases from English to French and vice versa?
I am currently reading through various tax judgments when a specific case caught my attention.
Racine; Demers et Nolin v. Ministre du Revenu National, 1965 CanLII 1108 (CA CÉC), 2 RC de l'É 338
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looking for a book for general audience
While browsing through amazon a while ago, I came across a book intended to explain aspects of US laws to the general audience. One particular example shown the sample pages is about a person who ...
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Does USA have free, online legal databases in the same format as AustLII, BAILII, CanLII, CommonLII?
I am acclimatized to the same formats of AustLII, BAILII, CanLII, CommonLII, HKLII, NZLII, etc... These are all so user-friendly!
Does USA have anything analogous to the aforementioned FREE, ONLINE ...
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To what is the judge in the Lina E. trial referring to by "deplorable deficiencies in recent trials of far-right extremists"?
It is in the news that there have been protests after the sentencing of Lina E for attacks on neo-Nazis. Wikipedia quoting this German language news article says:
Hans Schlüter-Staats, the Higher ...
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Meta theory of the "fruit of the poisonous tree" doctrine [closed]
Where can I read more about the meta-theory behind the "fruit of the poisonous tree" doctrine, e.g. what the rationale and purposes of this doctrine are, what makes it legitimate, where it ...
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Other historical forms of punishment besides serving time or money?
I am currently undertaking a personal research project to create a comprehensive list of all forms of punishment that have been meted out by legal systems across history.
Common forms of punishment ...
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Resources to learn the art of oral arguments in the courtroom [closed]
Courts in India are hugely overburdened. It is common for a court (be it a trial court or High Court or the Supreme Court) to have more than a dozen cases listed before it each day.
Under these ...
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What is the distinction between 'equality before the laws' and 'equal protection of the laws' in article 14 of the Indian Constitution?
This is a cluster of inter-related questions seeking references to understand positive obligations of the state and horizontal application, if any, of the constitutional guarantee of equality.
Article ...
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What was the 1879 law that Griswold v. Connecticut (1965) overturned?
Griswold v. Connecticut (1965) overturned an 1879 Connecticut law that forbade married couples from using contraceptives. What was that law, exactly?
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Where to find all laws/codes/statutes/etc. for every legal system / country online?
I found this constituteproject.org, which seems to have the constitutions for every country in a nice and easy to parse format online. I see the US Code here, and the statutes at large for the US. ...
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What is/was "iudex non calculat"?
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It originates from the Roman legal concept that obvious calculation errors in a court decision are not harmful to the decision itself and can be corrected at any time. Figuratively it also ...
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On the acquisition of legal rights to sanctioned YouTubers' frozen funds
Note: The following is a thought experiment. Since I am no legal scholar, it is highly likely that its wording needs a lot of improvement. Suggestions for improvement would be most welcome.
Suppose ...
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Looking for a law textbook that defines legal terms
Are there law textbooks that define legal terms? I would be very interested in such a book. I am a mathematician who likes terms to be defined precisely. I am sure in law classes, legal terms are ...
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Can someone request to a Judge in your country to give a letter of appreciation for appearing as a witness?
Say a person X appeared as a witness in a case where the judge was presiding in a criminal case (Jugendstrafsache). The testimony of X was welcomed and appreciated highly by the prosecutor as well as ...
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