In this paper I will discuss two aspects of ignorance of the law: ignorance of illegality (including mistaking the law) and ignorance of the penalty; and I will look at the implications for natives, for tourists and for immigrants. I will argue that Carlos Nino's consensual theory of punishment need to rely on two premises in order to justify that (claiming) ignorance of the law is no excuse. The first premise explains why individuals are presumed to 'know' current laws. The second premise explains why individuals are presumed to 'know' new legislation
Ignorantia legis non excusat-ignorance of the law does not excuse-is a centuries-old criminal law ma...
Whether we understand it descriptively or normatively, the slogan that ignorance of the law is no ex...
Recently, David Boonin has put forward several objections to Carlos S. Nino's 'Consensual Theory of ...
In this paper I will discuss two aspects of ignorance of the law: ignorance of illegality (including...
That ignorance of the law is no excuse is a maxim that most school children can recite. Wide awarene...
'Ignorance of the law is no defence,' so we are told from an early stage in our legal studies. Or, t...
This is a book about the legal fiction that sometimes we know what we don't. The willful ignorance d...
In four empirical studies, we showed that laypeople apply the ignorance of the law defense different...
It\u27s axiomatic that ignorance of the law is no excuse. My aim in this essay is to examine what ...
The criminal law maxim ignorance of the law is no excuse represents a broad doctrine of strict lia...
The proliferation of criminal laws in different legal systems has made legal practitioners and schola...
One of the main factors affecting criminal culpability is mens rea and one important element of mens...
In relation to the international personal traffic and tourism there are situations encountered in p...
This article examines the question of criminal liability in terms of the theoretical distinction bet...
Alex Sarch’s recent book, Criminally Ignorant: Why the Law Pretends We Know What We Don’t is a wonde...
Ignorantia legis non excusat-ignorance of the law does not excuse-is a centuries-old criminal law ma...
Whether we understand it descriptively or normatively, the slogan that ignorance of the law is no ex...
Recently, David Boonin has put forward several objections to Carlos S. Nino's 'Consensual Theory of ...
In this paper I will discuss two aspects of ignorance of the law: ignorance of illegality (including...
That ignorance of the law is no excuse is a maxim that most school children can recite. Wide awarene...
'Ignorance of the law is no defence,' so we are told from an early stage in our legal studies. Or, t...
This is a book about the legal fiction that sometimes we know what we don't. The willful ignorance d...
In four empirical studies, we showed that laypeople apply the ignorance of the law defense different...
It\u27s axiomatic that ignorance of the law is no excuse. My aim in this essay is to examine what ...
The criminal law maxim ignorance of the law is no excuse represents a broad doctrine of strict lia...
The proliferation of criminal laws in different legal systems has made legal practitioners and schola...
One of the main factors affecting criminal culpability is mens rea and one important element of mens...
In relation to the international personal traffic and tourism there are situations encountered in p...
This article examines the question of criminal liability in terms of the theoretical distinction bet...
Alex Sarch’s recent book, Criminally Ignorant: Why the Law Pretends We Know What We Don’t is a wonde...
Ignorantia legis non excusat-ignorance of the law does not excuse-is a centuries-old criminal law ma...
Whether we understand it descriptively or normatively, the slogan that ignorance of the law is no ex...
Recently, David Boonin has put forward several objections to Carlos S. Nino's 'Consensual Theory of ...