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Well, there goes my defense that I couldn't know the law because it was copyrighted and I didn't have the money to buy a copy of the law in order to know what I
by mikece 3y ago
Well, there goes my defense that I couldn't know the law because it was copyrighted and I didn't have the money to buy a copy of the law in order to know what I could and could not do.
- nico 3y agoUnfortunately that’s not an accepted defense. Ignorance of the law doesn’t excuse you from complying
- mikece 3y agoIgnorance of the law when you could have known is no defense. If the law is copyrighted and payment is required to even know it, that changes things.
- f1shy 3y agoThis principle is cited way too often in a more general way as it really apply. Is not so easy as "you must know every single rule, norm, law that exist, with no possible excuses". If you are not in a reasonable position to have access to the norm, you do, and it do works, can defend yourself on that basis. I had successfully defended myself in two cases where the transit law was a little diffuse, but just saying "I understood it differently, I'm sorry"