Law

Articles about legal systems, rights, courts and legislation.

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Obscenity

Obscenity: definitions, history, legal standards, and cultural debates

Obstruction of justice

Obstruction of Justice: Definition, Forms, and Legal Context

Official language

Ōmi Code

Open Database License

Open Database License (ODbL)

Open license

Oral law

Outlaw

Outlaw (legal and cultural concept)

Overcharge

Ownership

Ownership: Concepts, Rights, Forms, and Historical Context

Pacific Railroad Acts

Pacific Railroad Acts (1862–1866)

Paralegal

Parental leave

Parental leave: overview, types, policy and social impact

Paris Lees

Paris Lees — British journalist and transgender rights campaigner

Parole

Party (law)

Patent

Patent attorney

Patriot Act

USA PATRIOT Act (2001): Overview, Key Provisions, and Debate

Peace treaty

Peace treaty: formal agreements that end armed conflict

Penalty

People v. Jackson

Per curiam decision

Perjury

Perjury: false statements under oath and related legal issues

Permissive software license

Permit

Permit: definition, types, issuance, legal effects and modern developments

Personal injury lawyer

Personal property

Peshawar High Court

Peshawar High Court: role, structure, and significance

Petitioner

Petitioner (legal term)

PHP License

Piracy

Pirate code

Pirate code (Articles of Agreement)

Plain view doctrine

Plain View Doctrine (U.S. Fourth Amendment Exception)

Plaintiff

Platt Amendment

Platt Amendment

Platt Amendment (1901) and its impact on U.S.–Cuba relations

U.S. legislative conditions placed on Cuban independence in 1901 that limited Cuba's sovereignty, allowed U.S. intervention, and led to the Guantánamo lease; later modified and lar

Pleading

Pleading (civil procedure)

Plessy v. Ferguson

Plessy v. Ferguson (1896): the 'separate but equal' doctrine and its legacy

Police

Police: roles, organization, history and public functions

Police impersonation

Police impersonation: posing as law enforcement and its risks

Police officer

Political asylum

Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co

Possession

Poynings' Law

Praetor

Preamble to the United States Constitution

Presumption of innocence