Wikipedia:WikiProject Law

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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.

	To-do list for Wikipedia:WikiProject Law:	edit  · history  · watch  · refresh
Article clean up Jury nullification Biopiracy Obviously missing topics Demonstrative evidence Disambiguation Civil law (links) Article clean up and references needed Class action Equity Trusts Indemnity Article clean up, references needed (I have already removed some misstatements of law) contingency fee Current law articles on peer review Wikipedia:Peer review/Apples and oranges

Contents 1 Title 2 Scope 2.1 The common law 2.2 The Philosophy of law 2.3 Missing/requested law-related articles 3 Participants 4 Resources 4.1 Infoboxes 4.2 Userbox 4.3 Templates 4.4 Useful categories 5 Parentage 6 Descendant WikiProjects 6.1 By jurisdiction 6.2 By topic 7 Related WikiProjects 8 Similar WikiProjects 9 Structure 10 Hierarchy definition 11 Goals 12 General strategy and discussion forums 13 Todo 14 Template

[edit] Title

WikiProject on Law

[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:

• Contract law
• Tort law
• Property law, including Real property, Wills and Trusts
• Criminal law
• Evidence

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:

• Jurisprudence
• Natural law
• Legal realism
• Legal formalism
• Legal positivism
• Legal system
• The notion of rights

[edit] Missing/requested law-related articles

1. List of missing legal terms
2. Requested law articles

[edit] Participants

1. bd2412 ^talk
2. Francis Davey
3. PullUpYourSocks
4. AnnaAniston
5. Ambi
6. Yu Ninjie 21:43, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
7. Mmmbeer
8. Dana Powers
9. Russ (talk)
10. Jlofgren
11. GregAsche (talk)
12. BenWilson (talk)
13. Izehar
14. Mrees1997
15. Necessaryx
16. ⇒ SWATJester ^Ready Aim _Fire!
17. Jersyko·talk
18. Crzrussian 20:23, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
19. Eastlaw 09:28, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
20. Andy123(talk) 03:25, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
21. Mhs5392
22. Chart123 (talk)
23. Caveat lector
24. Ronels ^talk 13:55, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
25. Cheapestcostavoider (talk)
26. Ryan Luck
27. Jawesq ^talk 18:52, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
28. TheronJ 20:44, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
29. Lemonsawdust 09:37, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
30. Alex756 21:33, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
31. Bjsiders 21:20, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
32. RidG 23:56, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
33. Justin 03:11, 23 June 2006 (UTC) — anti-discrimination, limitation of speech & press, undue burden; esp. abortion, same-sex
34. Hacienda 23:48, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
35. Chaser T
36. BballJones 22:53, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
37. ozoneliar T 18:08 Friday, 2006-07-14 T (UTC)
38. reppin the bay15:59, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
39. Zilonis 20:00, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
40. BramleyBarn 13:36, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
41. Erechtheus 01:53, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
42. Legis 10:56, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
43. Redkern
44. J.R. Getsinger —Jrgetsin 02:31, 8 August 2006 (UTC)—
45. Davodd 21:52, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
46. Willstansfield 22:02, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
47. Jpe|ob 14:18, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
48. Cdogsimmons 02:47, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
49. Newyorkbrad 21:27, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
50. Neo-Jay 03:42, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
51. Charles8854 (???) 12 October 2006 (???)
52. Sumple (Talk) 09:15, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
53. Must_WIN 23:18, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
54. FactsOnly 12:10, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
55. 28USC1344 05:20, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
56. Chris nelson
57. Wikidea 08:46, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
58. Dustingc 21:29, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
59. --CyclePat 02:54, 31 December 2006 (UTC) : "Does the probative value outweight its prejudicial impact" - David Paciocco
60. JCO312 16:33, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
61. Cool Hand Luke 15:39, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
62. Whilding87 18:38, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
63. Luis1972 14:32, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
64. Kubigula (talk) 17:21, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
65. Bencherlite 15:52, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
66. Jet123 17:23, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
67. Vicjm 00:57, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
68. Elliotreed 17:35, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
69. Vlad fedorov 09:23, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
70. Scienter 18:37, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Resources

[edit] Infoboxes

[edit] Userbox

*Participants are encouraged to add this box to their User Page using {{User WikiProject Law}} or by adding WikiProject Law to their Babel code.

[edit] Templates

The Common law
Contract law
Tort law
Property law
Wills and trusts
Criminal law
Evidence

Try these:

• {{ContractLaw}} - (preview)
• {{TortLaw-I}} (intentional torts) - (preview)
• {{TortLaw-II}} (negligence) - (preview)
• {{PropertyLaw}} - (preview)
• {{CrimLaw}} (Criminal law) - (preview)
• {{EvidenceLaw}} - (preview)
• {{Intellectual property}} - (preview)
• {{Patentability}} - (preview)
• {{CivilProcedure}} - (preview)
• {{FamilyLaw}} - (preview)
• {{BusinessLaw}} - (preview)
• {{CrimPro-I}} (Criminal procedure - charging and investigating crimes) - (preview)
• {{CrimPro-II}} (Criminal procedure - criminal trials and convictions) - (preview)
• {{CrimDef}} (Criminal defenses) - (preview)
• {{USConlaw}} (U.S. Constitutional Law) - (preview)

Additionally, a general "Law and Legal systems" template can be added to the bottom of any law-related site. It currently needs categories added, especially with regard to non-U.S. legal systems:

• {{Law}} (Law and Legal Systems) - (preview)

[edit] Useful categories

• Category:Law stubs - find law-related stubs to expand
• Category:Case law stubs - find case law stubs to expand
• Category:Law school stubs - find law school stubs to expand
• Category:Statute stubs - find legislation stubs to expand
• Category:Jurist stubs - find law-related bio stubs to expand
• Category:Crime stubs - find crime stubs to expand

[edit] Parentage

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Council

[edit] Descendant WikiProjects

Proposal for additional descendant projects moved to the talk page.

[edit] By jurisdiction

• WikiProject International law
• WikiProject Australian law
• WikiProject Canadian law

[edit] By topic

• WikiProject Cyberlaw
• WikiProject Law Enforcement
• WikiProject Human rights
• WikiProject Treaties
• WikiProject U.S. Supreme Court Cases

[edit] Related WikiProjects

• WikiProject Taxation
• WikiProject Animal rights

[edit] Similar WikiProjects

• WikiProject Politics
• Elections and Referenda
• Organized Labour

[edit] Structure

Discuss the format for each article based on the WikiProject. Include various categories applicable to the topic.

[edit] Hierarchy definition

No classification of this project has been defined.

[edit] Goals

1.  ?

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[edit] General strategy and discussion forums

• /Discussion
• /Strategy
• /Policy
• Categorization discussion
• Cleanup discussion

[edit] Todo

• Look for articles that need cleaning up.
• Comment and expand upon Wikipedia:Manual of Style (legal)

[edit] Template

I have created a template to allow us to categorise legal articles by quality and by importance. By typing {{WikiProject Law}} on the talk page, you get:

	Law Portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Law, an attempt at providing a comprehensive, standardised, pan-jurisdictional and up-to-date resource for the legal field.
???	This article has not yet received a quality rating on the assessment scale.
???	This article has not yet received an importance assessment on the assessment scale.

Usual parameters apply. I have not set up a bot to create sexy tables as to how many articles we have in each class and in each category of importance as these are beyond my mortal ken. --Legis (talk - contributions) 15:41, 23 February 2007 (UTC)