The website, which gives information on being a witness, going to court and what to expect when giving evidence, also offers virtual tours of the court.

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Indeed, it is a virtual certainty that the Supreme Court will be called upon to interpret a statute long after many of the legislators who supported or opposed its passage have died, retired, or been voted out of office.

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Now that planet-wide network of interlinked computers became a court of the people - virtual Athenian democracy.

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Now, in a sign that virtual issues increasingly are bleeding into the real world, some "residents" of Second Life are taking virtual property rights to real-world court, citing California consumer protection laws to make their case.

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For the left, Supreme Court rulings giving corporations the status of virtual persons with constitutional rights are anathema.

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But the virtual absence of real victims makes it highly unlikely that delinquent homeowners will receive more in court than they could under the proposed agreement.

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At the other extreme, Canada, Germany, most of Scandinavia and many developing countries argue that the court should be free to examine conflicts referred to it by any concerned government, thus giving it virtual independence.

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