Chapter 1
Words that rule the courtroom
Chapter 2
Bizarre rules and legal loopholes
Chapter 3
Ancient codes and historic justice
Chapter 4
The mechanics of a modern trial
Ch 2 · Bizarre rules and legal loopholes
schopenhauer Bizarre Rules and Legal Loopholes
Just add seats, just add seats / Now it's a car, not a truck
schopenhauer Maritime law governs nautical issues, shipping disputes, and offenses occurring on the open ocean.
Fun Fact
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 Blue laws are historical and modern regulations designed to restrict specific activities on Sundays for religious reasons.
Glossary
loophole (noun)
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.
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.
Quiz
Under international maritime law, what is the term for saving a ship or its cargo from peril at sea?
BETA
schopenhauer Sort legal claims to learn how adverse possession turns squatters into owners.
Quiz
What legal concept allows a person to claim ownership of land they do not own by occupying it openly?
Quiz
What is the term for a minor legal loophole or technicality that can get a case dismissed?
Quiz
In the famous 1994 McDonald's hot coffee lawsuit, what was the temperature of the served coffee?
Quiz
Which European country has a strict law making it illegal to run out of gas on the highway?
Quiz
What is the term for a law that retroactively changes the legal consequences of actions committed before the law was passed?