Words that rule the courtroom
Bizarre rules and legal loopholes
Ancient codes and historic justice
The mechanics of a modern trial
What is the term for a minor legal loophole or technicality that can get a case dismissed?
schopenhauer Bizarre Rules and Legal Loopholes
Just add seats, just add seats / Now it's a car, not a truck
schopenhauer Blue laws are historical and modern regulations designed to restrict specific activities on Sundays for religious reasons.
What is the term for a law that retroactively changes the legal consequences of actions committed before the law was passed?
What legal concept allows a person to claim ownership of land they do not own by occupying it openly?
Animal trials: In 1457, a pig in France was put on trial, found guilty of a crime, and sentenced to death by a judge.
schopenhauer Maritime law governs nautical issues, shipping disputes, and offenses occurring on the open ocean.
Under international maritime law, what is the term for saving a ship or its cargo from peril at sea?
An ambiguity or inadequacy in a law or set of rules that allows people to evade its intent. A constitutional oversight in Yellowstone National Park created a fifty-square-mile sector where crimes cannot be prosecuted.
Which European country has a strict law making it illegal to run out of gas on the highway?
schopenhauer Sort legal claims to learn how adverse possession turns squatters into owners.
In the famous 1994 McDonald's hot coffee lawsuit, what was the temperature of the served coffee?