lang: en
Summary
The legal category covers the laws and regulations that govern campaigning — protest law, data protection, charity political-activity rules, electoral law, direct-democracy instruments.
Body
Legal rules vary sharply by jurisdiction but cover common themes: what speech/assembly is permitted, what data you can collect and how, what lobbying is allowed for a registered non-profit, and what direct-democracy instruments exist (Bürgerbegehren in Germany, iniciativa ciudadana in Spain, etc.). See protest-law-de, protest-law-fr, protest-law-es, data-protection-gdpr, charity-political-activity, buergerbegehren, incidencia-politica.
Use it for
Assessing the legal risk of an action; designing a compliant sign-up flow; planning a Bürgerbegehren.