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Since MPs are technically forbidden to resign (since they theoretically serve at the pleasure of their constituents), they need to “resign” via the … gulfstream/2412Long post on what Microsoft is doing to try to acquire Yahoo, and how hostile takeovers happen in general. gulfstream/2432
Nice series by Tim Wu on some categories of laws that are not actively enforced (including copyright laws, immigration laws), and why. gulfstream/2342
Malcolm Gladwell calls bullshit on crimanal profilers. Are they really any better than psychics? gulfstream/2348
New Zealand tax department slights Dave Henderson, so he buys their building, evicts them, and turns it into a boutique hotel. gulfstream/2353
Curious: Cory Doctorow endorses ISP’s plan to monitor network traffic, report what songs are being traded (via audio-analysis software) back … gulfstream/1825
The different levels of diplomat, and their respective levels of privilege/immunity. (They can always be issued with traffic citations.) gulfstream/1879
Julian Dibbell makes $11,000 selling items on Ultima Online, asks the IRS if this is taxable income, or what. They don’t know, and suggest that … gulfstream/1937
It’s seemingly very difficult to get hold of police complaint forms in South Florida. (Great transcripts.) gulfstream/1995
Right to take photographs in public spaces trumps right to privacy. (And right to practise one’s religion, sort of.) But: only if the photographs … gulfstream/2024
“Typically, the videotape of the accidental discharge has been broadcast, presented or disclosed to others for the purposes of amusement and to demean … gulfstream/2060
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Serving Life for Providing Car to Killers - New York TimesMinneapolis Attorney -- Greg Abbott: Basics of Minnesota Defamation Law
4020 • Privacy
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Tsunami 'hacker' conviction worries experts - ZDNet UK News
CJR November/December 2005 - Judging Richard
USATODAY.com - New digital camera? Know how, where you can use it
Snap, Crackle ... Patents -- In These Times
jurygeek: Why People think Lawyers are Liars
TARGETING AND INTERNATIONAL LAW - USAF INTELLIGENCE TARGETING GUIDE
brianstorms weblog: Lessig is Wrong
The Pressure to Cover - New York Times
Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | How DNA may tell police the surname of the criminal
NEJM -- When Law and Ethics Collide -- Why Physicians Participate in Executions
3quarksdaily
canadaeast.com - DG E-Brief
Men of the Square Table
MotherJones.com | MoJo Blog - Social Issues and Political Commentary: The Death Penalty in Japan
globeandmail.com : 'A basic rule of punctuation'
Virtually Blind - Virtual Law | Legal Issues That Impact Virtual Worlds » Blog Archive » Rampant Trademark Infringment in Second Life Costs Millions, Undermines Future Enforcement
The Corner on National Review Online
fitzgerald's on bush's "pardon" of scooter libby. i like language like this.
Did You Say “Intellectual Property”? It's a Seductive Mirage - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)
copyright law, trademark law and patent law have different origins and motivations and shouldn't be grouped together
