# 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:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**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, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-alaskan-law/1029983/61 "2026-05-12T21:29:36Z")
> [@Schnitte](#): > > 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/) Could you actually cite where in the 60 page article it says that? Although North Carolina has criminalized “common law robbery”, that has in fact been codified in statute. > [@](#): > > § 14‑87.1. Punishment for common‑law robbery. > > Robbery as defined at common law, other than robbery with a firearm or other dangerous weapon as defined by G.S. 14‑87, shall be punishable as a Class G felony. > **[Article\_17.pdf](https://www.ncleg.net/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/PDF/ByArticle/Chapter_14/Article_17.pdf)** > > 106.01 KB Please stop doubling down on an incorrect statement. All illegal activity in the United States is codified in written law. ---
**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, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-alaskan-law/1029983/62 "2026-05-12T21:44:35Z")
Probably legal as long as your didn’t push it or you aren’t in Alaska ---
**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, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-alaskan-law/1029983/63 "2026-05-12T21:56:20Z")
Suppose the moose was suicidal. What are your responsibilities then? ---
**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 13, 2026, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-alaskan-law/1029983/64 "2026-05-13T06:37:30Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > Could you actually cite where in the 60 page article it says that? Page 982: > And judges in North Carolina routinelyconvict defendants for robbery, despite the fact that there is no statute > defining robbery as a criminal offense.[footnote] ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2026, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-alaskan-law/1029983/65 "2026-05-14T18:43:22Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > Beaver Cannon Now that _really is_ a band name. No, hang on, I’m thinking of… j ---
**Author:** ![doreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2026, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-alaskan-law/1029983/66 "2026-05-14T22:40:03Z")
duplicate ---
**Author:** ![Past\_Paper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/past_paper/32/21268_2.png) [@Past\_Paper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Past_Paper)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-alaskan-law/1029983/67 "2026-05-21T18:59:45Z")
I came in this topic just to share a random (but IMO interesting) thing I know about Alaska’s laws: Electronic recording in courtrooms is legal there (since the 60s!- who but Zapruder even had a camcorder then?\*), and they’ve had cameras installed in courtrooms there since the 1980s- OKAY CORRECTION EDIT: I chatted with Copilot just now, and apparently officially-installed security cameras in courtrooms are not that much of a thing in Alaska, they exist in certain courtrooms but probably not most and definitely not all. I’m disappointed. \*Yes I know that regular cameras also count as electronic recording, which were available widely then, it’s a joke [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-alaskan-law/1029983.md?page=3)