Mojo Law

Burglary is a species of larceny in which the criminal enters some sort of structure that doesn’t belong to him to perpetrate the crime. The structure does not have to be a home or business (though these are the most commonly burglarized structures, of course), and the burglar does …

Bribery is the practice of using money to solicit cooperation from someone in a position of relative power. Bribery is most famously exercised on politicians by wealthy “interest groups,” however any illegal action that is solicited with the use of money could technically be bribery. Paying an elementary …

When the Chinese Communist Party Leader of Tibet lodges a strong complaint about the Dalai Lama receiving the Congressional Gold Medal - our nation’s highest civilian honor - we can nod understandingly and move on without any change in feeling or action (so says the natural diplomat within me). …

How old are you? Really this isn’t so much a personal question as it is a question of what risk it’s appropriate for you to take with your money. Young people really shouldn’t be keeping their money in savings accounts or money market funds or bonds (or, it …

The Communist Party leader in Chinese Tibet, Zhang Qingli, is condemning the close relations that the United States has maintained with the Dalai Lama and today, in the Chinese Communist Party’s 17th National Congress, he essentially forbade the U.S. from honoring the exiled spiritual leader in a coming awards ceremony. …

A person can be charged with assault when he physically attacks another person, attempts to attack, or moves in a manner that intimidates another person into believing that he or she will be attacked. Traditionally, assault referred to the attempt at attack or the intimidation inspired in the victim, …

Arson is a crime that involves burning down a structure of any kind when you shouldn’t. Usually, you shouldn’t. Even burning your own home down - without the intention of committing insurance fraud, just for fun - is most often a crime because of the public safety issues …

Congress seems to be operating with the same level of international acumen as Bush this week. Why, why, would Congress specifically focus on the World War I-era killings of over 1 million Armenians now? Why take the time to stop and label what Turkey wants to call a …

The bickering between Republican candidates that we’re seeing (specifically between Giuliani and Romney, over their respective tax records) makes the glancing discredits that the democratic candidates lob at one another seem mild. Permit me a moment of simple pleasure in observing how juvenile the opponents of the Democratic Party …

At the beginning of the invasion of Iraq, the United Kingdom had committed almost 50,000 troops to the war effort. Now, there are only 5,500. Stabilization in the region - as well as the tremendous unpopularity of the war at home - have influenced Britain to gradually reduce …