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“ Law is the rule, principle, obligation or requirement of natural justice. ”

—Lysander Spooner
The Unconstitutionality of Slavery (1860)

[edit] About About WikiProject Law

Some Wikipedians have formed a project to better organize information in articles related to Law. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this project will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page and see the to-do list below.

[edit] Scope

This Wikiproject is aimed at creating a greater consistency among the law related articles. Key areas of concern include consistency in defining concepts across multiple jurisdictions and proper categorization of articles.

[edit] The common law

As a foundation for this effort, it is vital that we create a comprehensive explanation of the common law, which is shared by most English-speaking countries. The common law is clearly divisible into a number of key areas, each of which should be tackled and developed in turn. These areas are:

Each of these areas contains a wide array of long-established but nuanced doctrines, and each has a complex and ultimately fascinating history - making this a particularly worthy project for Wikipedia to conquer!

[edit] The Philosophy of law

A joint effort that can be undertaken between this project and Wikiproject Philosophy is to improve the quality of articles concerned with the philosophical questions about law itself. Key components of the philosophy of law include:

[edit] Participants

You can join this project by adding your name on the participants list and placing the {{User WikiProject Law}} template on your user page.

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Active
  1. 28USC1344 05:20, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
  2. Aboutmovies 02:16, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
  3. Anthøny 19:27, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
  4. Alex756 21:33, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
  5. --Allen B. (talk) 17:11, 6 May 2008 (UTC) (wills, trusts and property law)
  6. Amazanne 05:46, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
  7. Ambi
  8. Andy123(talk) 03:25, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
  9. AnnaAniston
  10. Assawyer 13:21, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
  11. Bamkin 14:48, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
  12. BballJones 22:53, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
  13. bd2412 talk (civil procedure, First Amendment, intellectual property, especially trademark)
  14. Bearian 17:13, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
  15. Ben stephenson 03:07, 9 November 2007 (UTC) = Land Law, Equity & Trusts, Contract Law, Criminal Law, Administrative Law, Tort Law, European Community Law (current LLB. student, Newcastle University)
  16. Bencherlite 15:52, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
  17. BenWilson (talk)
  18. Bjsiders 21:20, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
  19. BramleyBarn 13:36, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
  20. Briefer (talk) 13:32, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
  21. Burnsie510 (talk) 05:29, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
  22. Cdogsimmons 02:47, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
  23. CharacterZero | Speak 17:35, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
  24. Charles8854 (???) 12 October 2006 (???)
  25. Chart123 (talk)
  26. Chaser T
  27. Cheapestcostavoider (talk)
  28. Chicken Wing - I've created several law-related pages and keep them on my watchlist.
  29. Chris nelson
  30. Chunky Rice17:02, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
  31. ClauLeo (talk) 21:45, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
  32. CloudNine (talk) 11:28, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
  33. colobikeguy - Patent Law, Bankruptcy Law, Federal Civil Procedure Law, New York Civil Procedure Law, International Criminal Law, Shrimp Law, Shrimp Soup, Shrimp Martini...
  34. Cool Hand Luke 15:39, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
  35. CoulterTM (UTC)
  36. Crzrussian 20:23, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
  37. CyclePat 02:54, 31 December 2006 (UTC) : "Does the probative value outweight its prejudicial impact" - David Paciocco
  38. Dana Powers
  39. Davodd 21:52, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
  40. Doug. 06:56, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
  41. Diego Buonvino
  42. dr.ef.tymac 21:24, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
  43. Dustingc 21:29, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
  44. Eastlaw 09:28, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
  45. EECavazos 04:56, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
  46. Elliotreed 17:35, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
  47. Erechtheus 01:53, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
  48. FitzColinGerald - Anything related to arbitration and collective bargaining interests me greatly.
  49. Francis Davey
  50. For Peter's Sake 17:35, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
  51. Gilgamesh79 02:00, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
  52. GregAsche (talk)
  53. Hacienda 23:48, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
  54. InMyHumbleOpinion (talk) 07:04, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
  55. InvisibleDiplomat666 09:28, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
  56. Izehar
  57. JackLee – mostly Singapore law.
  58. JCO312 16:33, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
  59. Jersyko·talk
  60. Jet123 17:23, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
  61. Jawesq talk 18:52, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
  62. Jlofgren
  63. Jpe|ob 14:18, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
  64. J.R. Getsinger —Jrgetsin 02:31, 8 August 2006 (UTC)—
  65. kawaputratorque 05:26, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
  66. Legis 10:56, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
  67. Lemonsawdust 09:37, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
  68. Liverpool Scouse
  69. Lquilter - copyright, intellectual property, freedom of expression articles; categorization
  70. Luis1972 14:32, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
  71. Markdsgraham 11:07, 27 September 2007 (UTC) - Hoping to take a go at the merger guidelines, and then at Canadian Supreme Court cases as they are released.
  72. Matthew Proctor
  73. Mhs5392
  74. Miranda
  75. Mmmbeer
  76. Mrees1997
  77. Mr Senseless - Law firm articles, article maintenance and technical issues
  78. Must_WIN 23:18, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
  79. Necessaryx
  80. Neo-Jay 03:42, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
  81. NewYork1956
  82. Newyorkbrad 21:27, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
  83. ozoneliar T 18:08 Friday, 2006-07-14 T (UTC)
  84. PassionoftheDamon (talk) 01:47, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
  85. PhishRCool Talk Contribs 22:11, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
  86. User:Piotrnikitin
  87. Politics rule 15:03, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
  88. PullUpYourSocks
  89. Redkern
  90. User:Regicollis
  91. reppin the bay15:59, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
  92. Richwales (talk) 22:15, 6 August 2008 (UTC) – primarily immigration and citizenship articles
  93. RidG 23:56, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
  94. Riotrocket8676 (talk) 03:34, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
  95. Russ (talk)
  96. Rodhullandemu - UK Criminal Law & Procedure
  97. Ronels talk 13:55, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
  98. FactsOnly 12:10, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
  99. Rsradford - USA constitutional law
  100. Ryan Luck
  101. Sebisthlm (talk) 11:05, 17 February 2008 (UTC), Swedish & EC law
  102. Scienter 18:37, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
  103. Scythian77
  104. Skittleys (talk) 02:38, 7 July 2008 (UTC) all, particularly lawyer administration and regulation
  105. Sumple (Talk) 09:15, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
  106. ⇒ SWATJester Ready Aim Fire!
  107. TheronJ 20:44, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
  108. THF 22:01, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
  109. Tyciol (talk) 23:41, 12 October 2008 (UTC) Monitoring ongoing free speech/media issues
  110. ukexpat talk --ukexpat 14:23, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
  111. Justin 03:11, 23 June 2006 (UTC) – anti-discrimination, limitation of speech & press, undue burden; esp. abortion, same-sex
  112. Vicjm 00:57, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
  113. Vlad fedorov 09:23, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
  114. Walshga 09:22, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
  115. Wikidea 08:46, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
  116. Wikidemo 07:47, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
  117. Whilding87 18:38, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
  118. Willrgby 23.44, 6 June 2008 (GMT)
  119. Willstansfield 22:02, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
  120. xDanielx T/C 05:33, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
  121. Yu Ninjie 21:43, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
  122. Zilonis 20:00, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
  123. Zoticogrillo (talk) 21:59, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
  124. Souli~ 18:41, 1 December 2007 (UTC)
  125. Juice07 12:53, 3 December 2007 (GMT)
  126. --TommyBoy (talk) 04:20, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
  127. Mediterraneo (talk) 20:35, 6 April 2008 (UTC): law firm history, e.g. Davis Polk & Wardwell, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, Salans, Watson, Farley & Williams
  128. Police,Mad,Jack (talk · contribs)☺ 19:41, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
  129. --Harac (talk) 16:10, 30 October 2008 (UTC), IHRL, IHL, ICL (especially ICTY), ECtHR, Bosnian constitutional law
  130. Reliable♪ Forevertalk 23:37, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
  131. --Themis-Athena (talk), IHRL, IHL, ICL (especially ICTY), ECtHR, Comparative Law, Legal History, International Litigation and Arbitration, International Commercial Law, German Law
Resting
  1. Non Curat Lex - Resting since November 2006
  2. Tarun Jain - Resting since April 2008

[edit] Ways to contribute

[edit] To do list

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Here are some tasks you can do:


    [edit] Tasks

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    		 Here are some tasks you can do for WikiProject Law:
    • Current law articles on peer review
    • Reopened assessment department
      • The assessment department has been defunct but now has been reopened with various glitches fixed. There are still a few minor improvements needed and are discussed on the talk page of the assessment department.
      • Input on the assessment scheme from members of this WikiProject are needed to reach a consensus on whether to adopt C-class or not - currently, there is no consensus.

    [edit] Current projects

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    		 These are the current projects tha the WikiProject Law is working on:


    [edit] Article information

    Main article: Wikipedia:Requested_articles/Applied_arts_and_sciences/Law

    If there is a legal subject that you feel needs to be covered, but hasn't, please add it to the needed article list. Please follow the instructions on the needed articles page.

    To edit this list, click here

    [edit] Concepts

    [edit] Jurists, judges, attorneys, and legal workers

    [edit] Notable court cases and litigants

    [edit] Intellectual property

    [edit] Copyright

    [edit] Patent

    See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/USPTO

    [edit] Trademark

    See also: Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/USPTO

    [edit] Trade secret

    [edit] Publicity right

    [edit] Other