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Should the backstory have been edited out of this question about lease renewals

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Is it now site policy that questions differing only by jurisdiction are duplicates?

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Should quotes always indicate a source

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Is a question about a proposed law on-topic?

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Why was this question about future damages deleted?

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Is a question about negotiating with lawyers on-topic

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answered Aug 4 at 23:59 Dale MMod 128k

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should the "definition" and "legal-terms" tags be merged?

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answered Aug 2 at 22:57 Iñaki Viggers 36.8k

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should the "legal-terms" and "terminology" tags be merged?

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What is meant by "That's not how Stack Exchange works. Ask your lawyer"?

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modified Jul 21 at 16:41 David Siegel 64.2k

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Online Legal References

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Should the "employment" and "employment-law" tags be merged? [closed]

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How should the EU related trespass questions be asked or more generally how to deal with jurisdiction-duplicates?

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answered Jul 11 at 2:25 Dale MMod 128k

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Why does medicalscience.stackexchange have a better legal disclaimer than us? Do we have heart transplants here?

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Should questions about becoming a legal professional be on topic here

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Apparently I'm not credible enough to post answers here

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answered Jun 30 at 15:41 grovkin 2,224

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Should question about Hawaii secession be closed

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Is it reasonable to like Contract Law, but find Commercial Law too abstruse and impractical?

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answered Jun 28 at 11:06 Dale MMod 128k

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How can you trigger Law SE to pop-up the name of a user in your comments with the at mark? Is it a hidden privilege?

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Dale M: Stop deleting answers which are not yours

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modified Jun 16 at 14:31 Iñaki Viggers 36.8k

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Why was my question "A car rental company automatically pleads guilty, and pays a fine without letting me defend myself. Am I liable?" closed as dupe?

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modified Jun 15 at 17:47 Iñaki Viggers 36.8k

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Are answerers too foolhardy? What to do about wrong answers?

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answered Jun 15 at 0:30 Dale MMod 128k

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Why the law is written in a certain way? Is this on topic?

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Are questions about crime statistics and the impact of law(s) allowed?

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Are interdisciplinary Law Theory subjects allowed?

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Why was a harassment flag on this comment declined?

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modified May 28 at 5:44 Dale MMod 128k

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Should the new-york and the new-york-state tags be merged? Is the latter the better of the two?

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answered May 27 at 3:40 Dale MMod 128k

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What is our stance on questions that are very clearly legal advice?

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modified May 26 at 20:03 David Siegel 64.2k

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Should those who have passed the bar be uniquely designated on this site?

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Reminding people that you are not an attorney - Perhaps the site can handle this for you?

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Should people put disclaimers in answers?

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Updated: Can we get a blanket disclaimer out of the way?

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Is "IANAL" on every post really needed?

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Is it appropriate to ask users for legal credentials?

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Is this personal or legitimate?

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Excessive use of "specific legal advice" closure reason

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Are answers in comments allowed here?

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Answering in regard to a different jurisdiction than specified in the question

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General title, body suggests jurisdiction, tag requires jurisdiction, terms imply jurisdiction but don't unambiguously say so

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answered Apr 26 at 0:04 Dale MMod 128k

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Policy/consensus on how to indicate country/jurisdiction (in text, title or tags)?

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Are questions about the law in past times on topic here?

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answered Apr 21 at 8:37 Rock Ape 10.9k

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If questions about philosophy of law are on-topic, then should it be explicitly stated in the help center?

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Why is this question deleted?

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Are questions about the root of laws appropriate?

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Is a question of whether or not an action is considered "cheating" in a game within the parameters of the law exchange?

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answered Apr 2 at 15:17 David Siegel 64.2k

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Are legal questions about events involving public figures on-topic?

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modified Apr 2 at 15:07 David Siegel 64.2k

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Why was this answer deleted?

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modified Apr 1 at 13:13 feetwetMod 19.5k

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Should there be a jurisdiction tag for the District of Columbia?

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