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It's illegal in the state to annoy passersby on a sidewalk with a revolving sprinkler. The Kalispell, Montana, law dates back to 1947 and prohibits water from being thrown onto a street or ...
Strange laws. Strange laws, also called weird laws, dumb laws, futile laws, unusual laws, unnecessary laws, legal oddities, or legal curiosities, are laws that are perceived to be useless, humorous or obsolete, or are no longer applicable (in regard to current culture or modern law). A number of books and websites purport to list dumb laws.
List of national legal systems. The contemporary national legal systems are generally based on one of four major legal traditions: civil law, common law, customary law, religious law or combinations of these. However, the legal system of each country is shaped by its unique history and so incorporates individual variations. [1]
Casper's Dictum is a law in forensic medicine that states the ratio of time a body takes to putrefy in different substances – 1:2:8 in air, water and earth. Cassie's law describes the effective contact angle θ c for a liquid on a composite surface. Cassini's laws provide a compact description of the motion of the Moon.
Getty Images Next time you plan to go fishing, wear a dress, put on false facial hair or murder your husband's Hong Kong-based mistress with anything other than your bare hands, you had better ...
Non-Democratic. Authoritarian, Totalitarian, Oligarchy, Technocracy, Theocracy, Dictatorship, Absolute monarchy. Other Types. Communist, Colonialist, Aristocratic. Index of Forms of Government.[1] Countries in green claim to be a type of democracy while countries in red do not.
The exact political character of the European Union is debated, some arguing that it is sui generis (unique), but others arguing that it has features of a federation or a confederation. It has elements of intergovernmentalism , with the European Council acting as its collective "president", and also elements of supranationalism , with the ...
Hong Kong Basic Law: April 4, 1990: Macau Basic Law: March 31, 1993: Niue Constitution Act: October 19, 1974: Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Constitution: January 1, 1978: Constitution of Puerto Rico: July 25, 1952: Constitution of Sint Maarten: October 10, 2010: Constitution of the Turks and Caicos Islands: October 15, 2012