# Question about Alaskan law **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 11, 2026, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-alaskan-law/1029983 "2026-05-11T04:38:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-alaskan-law/1029983/41 "2026-05-12T14:39:16Z")
That’s why it’s often very difficult to get seating on many in-state flights up there. Nobody wants to sit next to a smelly ungulate with attitude. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-alaskan-law/1029983/42 "2026-05-12T15:20:12Z")
> [@Schnitte](#): > > to my knowledge, there are still common law offences in some states. No there are not. Any criminal offense in the United States has been codified into written law > [@Schnitte](#): > > In England, no new common law offences can be created, but some existing ones are still around; notably, murder is a common law offence not codified in any statute I can’t speak to England, but in the United States even traditional crimes like murder must be listed in a statute. > [@Schnitte](#): > > But even if it’s true that there are no remaining common law offences in any state in the US, I could well imagine some (imprecise) commentators saying “in x, it is illegal to do this-or-that” to mean “in x, courts have held that doing this-or-that violates a duty of care for the purposes of the tort of negligence”. That doesn’t make any sense. I can sue my grocery store if I slip and fall and hurt myself because they mopped their floors and failed to adequately warn me that they were wet. My argument is that they violated their duty of care. But that doesn’t mean that it’s illegal to leave your floors wet, or fail to put up signs. It just means that you may be liable if somebody is damaged by your negligence. If something is illegal it is a crime. Due process requires crimes to be codified into writing. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-alaskan-law/1029983/43 "2026-05-12T15:49:17Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > > [@Schnitte](#): > > > > But even if it’s true that there are no remaining common law offences in any state in the US, I could well imagine some (imprecise) commentators saying “in x, it is illegal to do this-or-that” to mean “in x, courts have held that doing this-or-that violates a duty of care for the purposes of the tort of negligence”. > > That doesn’t make any sense. Not to mention that I don’t think people owe a duty of care to moose or that moose can sue in negligence. Even if pushed out of a moving plane. Although perhaps the imprecise commentator’s concern is the tortious duty owed to people in danger of being hit by a live moose pushed from a moving plane. But I don’t know why that would need a specific duty of care. Nor why (if this is the concern) it matters whether the moose is alive or not. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-alaskan-law/1029983/44 "2026-05-12T15:52:10Z")
There have been rumors that there is a secret cabal of paramooses who drop in during the night and steal salt licks. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-alaskan-law/1029983/45 "2026-05-12T15:56:13Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > secret cabal of paramooses The proper plural is “secret cabal of paramoose”. The More You Know. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-alaskan-law/1029983/46 "2026-05-12T15:56:57Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > > [@abcdefghij](#): > > > > How’d they get the moose on the boat? > > They can’t, it’s illegal in Alaska! That’s horrible! I mean, what if the moose wants to go fishing? Or water skiing? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-alaskan-law/1029983/47 "2026-05-12T16:02:11Z")
I’m guessing that “parameese” is right out. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-alaskan-law/1029983/48 "2026-05-12T16:04:34Z")
I hates parameeses to pieces! ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-alaskan-law/1029983/49 "2026-05-12T16:10:59Z")
What noise does a cow make if it’s hit by a live smelly ungulate with attitude that was pushed illegally from a plane over Alaska? ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-alaskan-law/1029983/50 "2026-05-12T16:15:41Z")
It moose ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-alaskan-law/1029983/51 "2026-05-12T16:32:07Z")
Ay yi yi! Now I’ll have nightmares about a pair-of-moose-meeces! (Para-normal or para-trooper? 😱 ) How horrible can a moose-meese be? “Oh , Dr Seuss I need an appointment.” ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-alaskan-law/1029983/52 "2026-05-12T17:10:39Z")
If you hunt jumping moose would that be a parashoot?? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-alaskan-law/1029983/53 "2026-05-12T17:35:10Z")
If you only hunt the male, would it be a parabull? ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-alaskan-law/1029983/54 "2026-05-12T17:44:19Z")
We need to do that as this thread has _waaay_ to much bull ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-alaskan-law/1029983/55 "2026-05-12T18:05:51Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > The proper plural is “secret cabal of paramoose”. That’s funny, I’ve got an uncle who lives in Paramoose. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-alaskan-law/1029983/56 "2026-05-12T18:21:01Z")
If you love a moose…paramour? Para-mount? Oh, god … (Ick, why did I think that? I scare me sometimes…) ---
**Author:** ![Schnitte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/schnitte/32/9033_2.png) [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-alaskan-law/1029983/57 "2026-05-12T18:58:07Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > No there are not. Any criminal offense in the United States has been codified into written law This paper disagrees, and cites counterexamples (such as robbery in North Carolina): [The Myth of Common Law Crimes - Virginia Law Review](https://virginialawreview.org/articles/myth-common-law-crimes/) It might be outdated, but since that paper is from 2019, it’s not that old, so chances are it’s still accurate. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-alaskan-law/1029983/58 "2026-05-12T19:27:56Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > That’s funny, I’ve got an uncle who lives in Paramoose. Does he have a paramour? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-alaskan-law/1029983/59 "2026-05-12T19:30:30Z")
I heard it is paradise if you happen to be a paralegal. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-alaskan-law/1029983/60 "2026-05-12T19:42:09Z")
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