Questions tagged [law]
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Is there any benefit to having less independence among a country's auditors?
China has made progress in creating a viable capital market in an
economy that until very recently was governed entirely by non-market
forces. For example, the government recently began phasing in a ...
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What is the first country to implement a formalized dress code for its legislative body?
The US Senate has passed a resolution formalizing business attire as
the proper dress code for the floor of the chamber by unanimous
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This comes after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer ...
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What clothing is included in Tajikstan's recent sumptuary law?
The government of Tajikistan recently passed a law imposing restrictions on the types of clothing that are legal within the country.
This law has generally been described as a "hijab ban," ...
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Can campaign promises be enforced by a contract, or has it ever happened they were?
A common problem where I live, and I assume everywhere, for at least the past 4 decades (and I assume it has been a problem for centuries), is that politicians make a lot of campaign promises which ...
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Why is Trump's FEC filing case different from Hillary Clinton's?
As I understand it, the charges against Trump are brought by the State of New York regarding a falsification of filing records by a campaign which was determined to have been made to influence (...
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What would have to happen for the recently passed "reform" bill in Taiwan to become law?
The Guardian's May 29, 2024 Taiwan passes controversial reform bill after violence and protests summarizes the current situation.
The bills were driven by the two major opposition parties, the ...
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Why does the EU find the foreign agent law in Georgia against their values?
The draft law would require organizations receiving more than 20% of their funding from abroad to register as "foreign agents".
The EU, which gave Georgia candidate status in December, has ...
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Why President's power to grant pardon to punishment or sentence are dealt separately in drafted language of article 72 of Constitution of India?
Constitution of India
Article 72 : [Title: Power of President to grant pardons, etc., and to suspend, remit or commute sentences in certain cases]
Sub Article (1) : The President shall have the power ...
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Could free speech be absolute? [closed]
Since the past few days, I have been spending some time on X (Formerly Twitter). I saw people being openly racist and calling it their "right to free speech". I personally don't give much ...
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Irreplaceability of Indian Reservation Law in constitution using Game Theory
Just to give the context: My underlying opinion here is that caste-based reservation should be abolished. And if any form of reservation is present it should be solely based on economic background.
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In the US, are there laws that discriminate against men the same way as in other countries?
In many countries of the world, men are discriminated against according to at least part of the following points:
Army draft
Retirement age
Criminal punishment (either stronger punishment for male ...
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What were the negative effects that private companies had to face due to a lack of legal status in China?
In 2002, China promulgated the SME Promotion Law, which emphasizes
SMEs’ scientific and technological innovations and upgrading. In 2004,
China amended the constitution to grant non-state-owned firms ...
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How can Quebec restrict immigration if it's part of Canada?
When the government announced its aggressive targets of up to 500,000
new immigrants a year, the province of Quebec, which gets to set its
own immigration limits, said it would not take in more than ...
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Is there any Western country that didn't ban the patenting of human genes?
When Finance Minister Paul Martin announced $160 million in funding
for genome research in Canada in his Feb. 28, 2000, budget, the timing
could not have been better. The first human chromosome had ...
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For countries without written constitutions, what power does the judiciary have to control laws passed by government?
In countries, such as the US, with written constitutions, courts can strike down laws they consider to be unconstitutional. For example, a law that prohibited people saying "hello" would be ...
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