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* FiveBadBand: In the story arc about [[http://lawcomic.net/guide/?p=432 Conspiracy]].
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* FiveBadBand: FiveManBand: In the story arc about [[http://lawcomic.net/guide/?p=432 Conspiracy]].
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[[http://lawcomic.net/ The Illustrated Guide to Law]] is a webcomic by Nathaniel Burney that teaches legal concepts to a general audience. For each subject, the comic begins by presuming no knowledge, then proceeds in baby steps to fairly sophisticated discussions.
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** JustifiedTrope: Generally, he's pointing out a HYPOTHETICAL law, that doesn't necessarily match that of any specific state.
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** JustifiedTrope: Generally, he's pointing out the author using a HYPOTHETICAL law, that doesn't necessarily match that of any specific state.state, to illustrate the legal principles, because every jurisdiction is different.
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* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: "Fremont," "this state" or "<person>'s state" is often used when the comic has to get down to details and examples.
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* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: "Fremont," "this state" or "<person>'s state" is often used when the comic has to get down to details and examples.examples.
** JustifiedTrope: Generally, he's pointing out a HYPOTHETICAL law, that doesn't necessarily match that of any specific state.
** JustifiedTrope: Generally, he's pointing out a HYPOTHETICAL law, that doesn't necessarily match that of any specific state.
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* EverybodyCallsHimBarkeep: The Defense Counsel and the Prosecutor are never named aside from their professions. Although the prosecutor is nicknamed "Pi" after the symbol used in court transcripts.
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* GoodVersusGood: Both the Defense Counsel and the Prosecutor are well-intentioned and serve an important role in the justice system, but neither one is perfect. The verdicts are ''usually'' just, but there are a few storylines where an innocent person goes to jail, or a guilty person walks free, because of mistakes that they made.
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* CutTheSafetyRope: The section on murder discusses the situation of [[http://lawcomic.net/guide/?p=759 cutting the rope]]. If you cut the rope, you're guilty of murder. If they cut the rope, you're in the clear... but good luck proving it.
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* UnreliableVoiceover: [[http://lawcomic.net/guide/?p=1712 The detectives made their pitch to their favorite prosecutor, who responded with sober dignity...]]
-->'''Pi''': Omigod '''YEAH!'''
-->'''Pi''': Omigod '''YEAH!'''
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* GenkiGirl: Pi. In the wiretap section, she's virtually bouncing off the walls with excitement, and even in court, she often acts like she's had way too much sugar. Often overlaps with her being HotBlooded.
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* HotBlooded: Pi blows up into a rage in open court on multiple occasions.
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* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Pi loves her tacos.
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* AntagonisticOffspring: [[spoiler: The Defense Counsel is the Prosecutor's father.]]
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* AntagonisticOffspring: [[spoiler: The Defense Counsel is the Prosecutor's father.]]]] No moral weighting attached, but they're by definition on opposite sides.
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* AntagonisticOffspring: [[spoiler: The Defense Counsel is the Prosecutor's father.]]
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* CourtroomAntic: The suppression hearing on eyewitnesses gets a little heated, and at one point [[http://lawcomic.net/guide/?p=3658 Pi throws another lawyer's papers into the air to make a point]]. She's right, but the Judge warns her not to do anything like that in front of the jury.
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* TheMole: the Entrapment section includes several undercover cops or police informants. The Miranda Rights section reveals that [[spoiler: the Ringleader]] from the Conspiracy section was a police mole
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* TheMole: the Entrapment section includes several undercover cops or police informants. The Miranda Rights section reveals that [[spoiler: the Ringleader]] from the Conspiracy section was a police molemole.
* NoWarrantNoProblem: Most of the section on the Fourth Amendment is about cases where this applies, since the vast majority of searches are, in fact, warrantless. While courts ''like'' warrants, the (greatly simplified) rule for warrantless searches is simply that it has to be a ''reasonable'' search.
* NoWarrantNoProblem: Most of the section on the Fourth Amendment is about cases where this applies, since the vast majority of searches are, in fact, warrantless. While courts ''like'' warrants, the (greatly simplified) rule for warrantless searches is simply that it has to be a ''reasonable'' search.
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* TheBigGuy: The Heavy in the [[http://lawcomic.net/guide/?p=432 Conspiracy]] storyline, [[PunnyName Judge Bahr]] -- [[http://lawcomic.net/guide/?p=2690 who's actually a judge, strangely enough.]]
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* TheBigGuy: TheBrute: The Heavy in the [[http://lawcomic.net/guide/?p=432 Conspiracy]] storyline, [[PunnyName Judge Bahr]] -- [[http://lawcomic.net/guide/?p=2690 who's actually a judge, strangely enough.]]
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* WesternTerrorists: All the terrorists that the comic uses for examples appear to be white and vaguely anti-corporate/anti-government.
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* WesternTerrorists: All the terrorists that the comic uses for examples appear to be white and vaguely anti-corporate/anti-government.anti-corporate/anti-government.
* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: "Fremont," "this state" or "<person>'s state" is often used when the comic has to get down to details and examples.
* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: "Fremont," "this state" or "<person>'s state" is often used when the comic has to get down to details and examples.
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* Homage: The comic contains a variety of homages to pop culture ranging from Star Wars to old newspaper comics to Portal to Slenderman etc. It's been known to be meta with it, with Alfred Hitchcock's [[http://lawcomic.net/guide/?p=627 silhouette]] appearing at one point to ask if references to his MacGuffin and to North by Northwest had crossed the line from homage to theft.
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* Homage: {{Homage}}: The comic contains a variety of homages to pop culture ranging from Star Wars to old newspaper comics to Portal to Slenderman etc. It's been known to be meta with it, with Alfred Hitchcock's [[http://lawcomic.net/guide/?p=627 silhouette]] appearing at one point to ask if references to his MacGuffin and to North by Northwest had crossed the line from homage to theft.
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* Homage: The comic contains a variety of homages to pop culture ranging from Star Wars to old newspaper comics to Portal to Slenderman etc. It's been known to be meta with it, with Alfred Hitchcock's [[http://lawcomic.net/guide/?p=627 silhouette]] appearing at one point to ask if references to his MacGuffin and to North by Northwest had crossed the line from homage to theft.
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* PrecisionFStrike: The in-over-her-head Patty makes heavy use of [[UnusualEuphemism self-censoring euphemisms]] ("cheese and crackers!") throughout her police encounter... until [[spoiler:she's tossed in jail at the end]], which warrants [[http://lawcomic.net/guide/?p=2015 a sulky f-strike]].
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* RepeatedCueTardyResponse: The chapter on eyewitness identification begins with a lengthy introduction involving how memory works, and how law enforcement can inadvertently cause a false identification... but no discussion of law. Finally, the police officer character gets frustrated, throws his coat on the ground, and asks what the ''law'' requires him to do. Then there is a long beat of several panels. Just as the officer begins asking the question again, the narrator jumps into view, saying "did someone say '''law?'''"
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* EnhancedInterrogationTechniques: Here, they're not used to get information, but to get a suspect to confess. [[http://lawcomic.net/guide/?p=2520 This page]] and the following explain, in detail, how the police can induce a confession (true or not).
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* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: instead of the other examples (which use people), the explanation of rape uses stick figures
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* WesternTerrorists: All the terrorists that the comic uses for examples appear to be white and vaguely anti-corporate/anti-government
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* ADickInName: * In the section covering the fifth amendment, a corrupt corporate executive is named Richard Head. The author lampshades this, saying "This is what happens when I let my 9-yr-old design a character."
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* ADickInName: * In the section covering the fifth amendment, a corrupt corporate executive is named Richard Head. The author lampshades this, saying "This is what happens when I let my 9-yr-old design a character."
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* TakeThat: [[http://lawcomic.net/guide/?p=299 His section on the jury]] gets absolutely nasty toward the system, pointing out that expecting twelve ordinary individuals with no legal training to comprehend the complex requirements of the job is entirely unreasonable.
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* ADickInName: * In the section covering the fifth amendment, a corrupt corporate executive is named Richard Head. The author lampshades this, saying "This is what happens when I let my 9-yr-old design a character."
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* IdiotBall: several people used in examples (mostly by misunderstanding various legal principles).
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* TheMole: the Entrapment section includes several undercover cops or police informants. The Miranda Rights section reveals that [[spoiler: the Ringleader]] from the Conspiracy section was a police mole
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* PerspectiveFlip: in the Miranda Rights section, we get to see the Conspiracy storyline from the perspective of the police as they arrest and interrogate the criminals
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* WesternTerrorists: All the terrorists that the comic uses for examples appear to be white and vaguely anti-corporate/anti-government
* WesternTerrorists: All the terrorists that the comic uses for examples appear to be white and vaguely anti-corporate/anti-government
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* FiveBadBand: In the story arc about [[http://lawcomic.net/guide/?p=432 Conspiracy]].
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* FiveBadBand: In the story arc about [[http://lawcomic.net/guide/?p=432 Conspiracy]].Conspiracy]].
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: instead of the other examples (which use people), the explanation of rape uses stick figures
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: instead of the other examples (which use people), the explanation of rape uses stick figures
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* FiveBadBand: In the story arc about [[http://lawcomic.net/guide/?p=432 Conspiracy]].
* ClassyCatburglar: Mrs. Flavors in the [[http://lawcomic.net/guide/?p=432 Conspiracy]] section.
* ClassyCatburglar: Mrs. Flavors in the [[http://lawcomic.net/guide/?p=432 Conspiracy]] section.
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* FiveBadBand: In TheBigGuy: The Heavy in the story arc about [[http://lawcomic.net/guide/?p=432 Conspiracy]].
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* FiveBadBand: In the story arc about [[http://lawcomic.net/guide/?p=432 Conspiracy]].Conspiracy]].
* ClassyCatburglar: Mrs. Flavors in the [[http://lawcomic.net/guide/?p=432 Conspiracy]] section.
* ClassyCatburglar: Mrs. Flavors in the [[http://lawcomic.net/guide/?p=432 Conspiracy]] section.
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* ArtEvolution: The author has acknowledged that, at first, he didn't think anybody would be reading it, so the art was done quickly and inconsistently. But once he realized he had an audience, he started putting more effort into the art.
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[[http://lawcomic.net/ The Illustrated Guide to Law]] is a webcomic by Nathaniel Burney that teaches legal concepts to a general audience. For each subject, the comic begins by presuming no knowledge, then proceeds in baby steps to fairly sophisticated discussions.
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[[http://lawcomic.net/ The Illustrated Guide to Law]] is a webcomic by Nathaniel Burney that teaches legal concepts to a general audience. For each subject, the comic begins by presuming no knowledge, then proceeds in baby steps to fairly sophisticated discussions.discussions.
!!This work contains examples of:
* FiveBadBand: In the story arc about [[http://lawcomic.net/guide/?p=432 Conspiracy]].
!!This work contains examples of:
* FiveBadBand: In the story arc about [[http://lawcomic.net/guide/?p=432 Conspiracy]].
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[[http://lawcomic.net/ The Illustrated Guide to Law]] is a webcomic by Nathaniel Burney that teaches legal concepts to a general audience. For each subject, the comic begins by presuming no knowledge, then proceeds in baby steps to fairly sophisticated discussions.
