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Unfortunately that’s not an accepted defense. Ignorance of the law doesn’t excuse you from complying
by nico 3y ago
Unfortunately 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"