Sentences with phrase «ignorance of the law does»

There is the rule that ignorance of the law does not excuse, a maxim of very different scope and application.

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Even if we believe that the Universe doesn't make mistakes (that it is a place that follows laws and contains order (although we now perceive the nature of Chaos or complexity)-RRB- we experience our lives as if we were compelled to suffer at the hands of «mistakes» we made in ignorance.
Tragically, a large number of Bishops did not always follow «state» laws... whether trying to protect «guilty» priests, plain ignorance or viewing canon law as taking precedence over «state» laws (versus running parallel to them).
You are quite simply wrong and should right in clear ignorance of law, as you certainly have done.
People close to the mayor say these two examples do not show any ignorance of the law, nor any indication there is a failure on de Blasio's part to understand the nuances of those laws.
But just as ignorance of the law is no excuse, so, too, ignorance of the laws of nature doesn't mean that you will not be affected by them.
Animator and friend - of - The Mary Sue Leigh Lahav did everyone the favor of finally tying together Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law with this year's Birdman movie in When No One Gets Your Cosplay (or the unexpected virtue of ignorance).
As it appears to violate federal copyright law, I don't see how it will be allowed to continue, but if it isn't stopped, sheer ignorance of one's rights could prevent teachers and students from being more creative and openly presenting their work.
Ignorance of current law do not exempt people from liabilities.
And - since I and other taxpayers have to pay for the result of that kind of ignorance and irrresponsibility by funding shelters and dealing with the overwhelming numbers of homeless animals, I absolutely DO have a right to demand mandatory spay / neuter laws and will support those kinds initiatives whenever possible, especially in my own community.
It is a shame that so many allow fear and ignorance to rule them, hence the existence of Breed Specific Legislation, but someday it will become apparent to the public and those who make the laws that BSL does NOT keep the public safe but only brings pain to those being unfairly punished for something that has yet to occur.
I know ignorance to the law is no defense, but most people do not read the Terms of Service and, in the naivete of youth, are unlikely to properly weigh the risks of their behavior.
Ignorance of the law, of journalism, of ethics, and of the Heartland Institute, which emphatically does not say that the world has not warmed, nor denies that CO2 may have have made some contribution to that.
Another was dealing with the ignorance of law faculties who did not understand the value of a peer - edited journal.
Being mistaken, even if the error is due to egregious ignorance of or disregard for case law, does not support a perjury conviction.
It turns out that, due to who can and does make games today, a lot of people find themselves in hot water for what amounts to ignorance of the law.
I'm not aware of any particularly rich site on droit d'auteur offered by Quebec law libraries — feel free to poke my ignorance — but a good collection of sources on Canadian copyright reform is at Association des bibliothèques de recherche du Canada found at http://www.carl-abrc.ca/projects/copyright/copyright-f.html
We would posit that ignorance of the Performance Standards within the legal profession likely has more to do with a presumption that any governance framework arising outside of a State legal system is not properly considered «law».
As a result of that ignorance of the economics of the problem, lawyers don't demand that their law societies take steps to solve it.
If an issuer is marketing, offering or selling digital tokens into a jurisdiction, ignorance of that jurisdiction's laws does not mean that laws do not apply.
The courts of the Northern Territory when sentencing an Aboriginal offender properly take into account whether he or she has received tribal punishment and whether what he or she has done has been in accordance with Aboriginal customary law and in ignorance of the other laws of the Northern Territory.
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