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There's an old book from about 1906 where the author goes through a bunch of old European cases of animals being tried in court for crimes. It's an interesting
by technothrasher 4y ago
There's an old book from about 1906 where the author goes through a bunch of old European cases of animals being tried in court for crimes. It's an interesting and bizarre read.
https://archive.org/details/criminalprosecut00evaniala https://archive.org/details/criminalprosecut00evaniala
- mellavora 4y agoIt also is one of the (potential) bases for laws regarding self-driving vehicles/robots/drones. Because law builds on precedent. And it can be argued that self-driving vehicles are a bit like an animal (has a "mind" of its own, but has a human owner responsible for it).