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Cases of sexual harassment and rape are increasingly common in various countries. Rape is defined as an assault in the form of forced sexual intercourse by inserting a penis, finger or other object into the victim’s vagina, anus or mouth. Attacks are carried out not only by coercion, violence, or threats of violence.

Victims have the possibility of experiencing post-rape stress which can be divided into two, namely immediate stress and long-term stress. Immediate stress is a post-event reaction such as physical pain, guilt, fear, anxiety, shame, anger, and helplessness.

The causes of sexual harassment cannot be separated from the patriarchal system in society which is still strong. However, patriarchal culture also interprets this act of sexual harassment and instead accuses the victim or blames the victim.

The following is a list of countries that impose severe penalties for serial rape:

1. Rape Serial in England

England gave quite …

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Bail bonds guarantee that the defendant appears in court and does not abscond. If they do not, the bail will be paid to the court. A bail bond helps to prevent the injustice of holding an innocent person in jail. It also helps the community to get criminals back into the justice system.

Guarantee to pay the bail amount to the court

Erie County bail bonds are legal agreements between bail bond companies and the courts that guarantee to pay the total amount of bail if a defendant fails to appear in court. However, if the defendant fails to follow the terms of the agreement, the company is liable for the loss of the money.

The bail industry has been criticized for its high fees and demanding requirements. In recent years, reforms have been introduced. These include the creation of partially secured bonds.

Partially secured bonds are used as a …

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apps-ga1d3c25ac_1920Marvel has the Multiverse – a collection of alternate realities where superheroes interact and exist independently but are sometimes cognizant of their counterparts in other realities. Oddly enough, our world has the Metaverse, which is not fiction. It refers to the world that exists in digital format. Find out how the Metaverse impacts your law firm by reading today’s post.

What is The Metaverse?
Some experts define the Metaverse as a 3D version of the internet. Metaverse users interact within a computer-generated space. It’s not limited to one online location; it includes numerous virtual spaces. Many users have avatars that help them interact with others online. It’s like a virtual reality game and continuously evolves.

How Did The Metaverse Come to Be?
The term, Metaverse, is new to most of us. However, it originated in a 1992 novel entitled Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. The Metaverse in his novel was

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CASE PREVIEW


By Stephen Gillers

on Jan 5, 2023
at 9:55 am

A lawyer’s legal advice is privileged. A court cannot order the lawyer or the client to disclose it. But a lawyer’s nonlegal advice is not privileged. What happens when advice is partly legal and partly nonlegal and the two parts cannot be untangled? In such dual-purpose situations, does the privilege protect all the advice or none of it?

On Monday, the Supreme Court will hear opposing answers to that question in a case known as In re Grand Jury. A law firm will argue that the privilege should protect all client communications “where obtaining or providing legal advice was one of the significant purposes behind the communication,” even if nonlegal advice predominated. The United States will argue that unless legal advice was the client’s “primary” purpose, none of the dual-purpose communications should be privileged.

The difference between

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By Michael McArthur

The final talk of the International Law Libraries Annual Course was another sobering perspective on the U.S. administration, most notably the absence of judicial review under the guise of national security. Stanford’s Professor Shirin Sinnar gave the presentation, titled “National Security and Accountability in the Courts.”

She began with the story of Professor Xiaoxing Xi, whose home was raided by the FBI in 2015 on account of an accusation that he was sharing private scientific technology with China. The news made the headlines and his life was turned upside-down, only to have the charges dropped a few months later. In an attempt to clear his name, he sued the FBI agents and the FBI for malicious prosecution based on his Chinese background. His claim was dismissed, unable to get past the threshold of Bivens action that protects federal agents for constitutional violations. The court went on to

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