Self-tutoring about US law: the tutor wades into an interesting exemption. I’ve no experience with this, so it’s just based on what I’ve overheard, read, and understood. From decades ago, I recall a news panel talking about gun availability in …
Self-tutoring about US law: the tutor discusses a recent Supreme Court decision. Every time I open a new browser tab, I’m flooded with news, sometimes including court decisions. I’m no lawyer, but I try to understand the basics of legal …
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Self-tutoring about Canadian law: the tutor mentions the ideas of aggravating vs mitigating. The reason I ended up writing about this is the headline about the defeat of a bill in Parliament that would make violence against a pregnant woman …
Self-tutoring about US law: the tutor mentions the concept of “Duty to Retreat.” Duty to Retreat is, to a layperson, somewhat the opposite of Stand Your Ground. Duty to retreat means that, if you believe you can escape harm from …
Self-tutoring about US Law: the tutor mentions Castle Doctrine. Castle Doctrine is the philosophy, written in law, that an individual has the right to use necessary force, including deadly force, to protect themselves inside their home. ncsl.org
Self-tutoring about legal ideas: the tutor mentions eminent domain. eminent domain: a government’s facility to acquire land from a private citizen. Source: Mish, Frederick C (editor). Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Springfield: Merriam-Webster, 2004.
The tutor shares a find he made in the new Microsoft Services Agreement, effective Sept. 15, 2016, relating to work or school accounts. Although I use a lot of open source software, I’m a fan of Microsoft. There are some …
The tutor watches American soap operas, whence he sometimes hears “statute of limitations.” Is there a similar construct in Canada? I watch Days of Our Lives. Kristen Dimera, freshly back in Salem a few years ago, explained that though she …