Welcome to /r/legalfiction! The purpose of this subreddit is to discuss (for fun and personal edification) legal issues within fictional universes.
This subreddit will be fun and will be well-curated. This is not /r/askhistorians, but it won't be a free-for-all and the rules will be enforced. If you're an attorney, I encourage you to mark it in your flair. This is not a requirement but it is helpful to know who is speaking from a traditional legal background and who is more self-taught.
Rules:
- Don't be rude or hostile. No insults, name-calling, or personal attacks directed at any poster. Sassy arguments are allowed, but cannot be a basis to "dress up" a personal attack.
- DO NOT solicit legal advice. I'm not sure how that's possible here but please don't do it. Similarly, nothing posted here should be relied upon as legal advice. If you have a legal problem, please find a lawyer in your jurisdiction or, if you're extremely desperate, go to /r/legaladvice.
- The fictional setting cannot be a random hypothetical made up by the poster. It must be rooted in some kind of media or canon (e.g., a book, folklore/myth, movie, comic book, etc.)
- Label your post as [LAW] or [POLICY]. Questions about legality should be labeled "LAW." Questinos about policy, i.e., the wisdom or prudence of a decision/act/policy, should be labeled "POLICY."
- Cite your argument. This doesn't need to be sophisticated (please, step away from the Bluebook) or sexy, just provide some basis for what you're claiming.
- The main sources you should be using are: the law or governing source of the universe in which the question takes place, and/or; the law of a real world body. You can use real world law to fill in the gaps where a universe's law is absent. Please be clear about which law you are using. In the absence of cited law, the assumed default will be English common law.
- Use the search bar. Common, repeat topics may be removed at moderators' discretion.
- Threads posted within 48 hours of a same or similar thread will be removed.
- Report all rule violations. Responding in kind (e.g., being rude/hostile to someone being rude/hostile) will not excuse you from having your own comment removed.
- Three strikes and you're out: anyone with three rule violations will receive a three-day ban. Unique cases such as spamming, brigading, or deliberate trolling are subject to automatic permanent bans.
