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Can the Monarch still dissolve Parliament?

Traditionally it has been the constitutional power of the monarch to dissolve Parliament and trigger a general election at will. Ostensibly, the Fixed Term Parliaments Act of 2011 removed this power. However, since Parliament derives its power from…
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Can Constitutional Statutes be impliedly repealed?

In Thoburn v Sunderland City Council, Lord Justice Laws defines a constitutional statute as one that either conditions the legal relationship between citizen and state in a general manner, or, one that changes the scope of fundamental…
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Can I issue a lawsuit against my city for having unsafe air quality?

I live in Ljubljana, the capital city of Slovenia(EU). In many parts of my city, there are many times a high level of air pollution because of cars, especially in the area where I'm currently living. I don't have a car so for my daily chores I…
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What makes a constitution codified?

It is well known that the UK has an uncodified constitution. Unlike most countries, this means that there is no single document containing the UK constitution; instead, it can be found across a variety of sources including statutes, common law,…
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Is it illegal to masturbate inside public toilet behind closed door out of view from the public?

I suspect someone is doing that but it is hard to catch him because it is illegal to install surveillance camera in the toilet. Putting that aside, is this act that should be done in private at home illegal when done in a public toilet behind…
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Florida: under what statute if any, is a state agency obligated to respond to a petition?

Are there any provisions or principles that require state agencies to respond to any petitioner, outside of proceedings as provided in the Administrative Act, and requests for public records? By analogy, in France, the "Code des relations entre le…
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What year did Spain outlaw computer virus spreading?

What year did Spain outlaw malware (computer virus), in the public side of their Civil Legal System? I am also interested in what the penalty would be, as having read through their criminal Articles it appears to only cover hacking. I found a…
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Are interrogation tapes of suspects in a closed case publicly available?

Do people have a right to demand tapes from interrogations/witness questioning done in relation to a closed case? I read somewhere that the tapes are only publicly available if they have been used as evidence in court. Not sure if this is true…
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What makes a shareholder a "shareholder of record"?

In public companies filling some reports with the SEC (10K for example), there is a mention of the number of shareholders of record. Example: "As of April 20, 2021, we had approximately 40 shareholders of record of our common stock." Source: DTST…
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Can you get sued for someone else modifying a website you own?

I own a website and domain and i've given someone access to modify it (developer). I am not a business and the person who has access is not paid for the job. Recently the person who has access uploaded swastikas on the website. I was asleep at the…
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Is there any legal recourse for a resident who believes their city is committing financial nonfeasance?

My city has entered into an agreement to provide fire service to a neighboring city of 1000 people for $10,000 yearly. This rate is less than 1/20th what my city pays. I've made efforts to convince the city council and mayor to act but they have…
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When commercial filming is taking place inside or outside, can a member of the public be forced not to record it?

Generally speaking when is it allowed to photograph people? When does someone have the authority to tell you not to? Does anyone have the authority to tell another person not to photograph them, or is it more that they can kick you out of the…
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Jurisdiction in cross-state-border exposure

In Queensland, the Summary Offences Act 2005 states "A person who is so near a public place that the person may be seen from the public place must not wilfully expose his or her genitals so that the person’s genitals may be seen from the public…
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Which public authority will be the respondent in a judicial review of a delegated decision?

Let's say that the Police Commissioner for a certain area lawfully delegates his conditional power to ban public processions to the Assistant Commissioner. This delegation is permitted under s15 of the Public Order Act. If the Assistant uses one of…
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Is it legal to publish legal documents of Venice Commission on the own website

For research we are using official documents. When official document publish as single PDF file or as regular web page it's difficult to hyperlink to a specific part of the document. But our technology stack make it easy, but we have to keep sources…
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