Talk:Lambert v. California
Latest comment: 11 months ago by Dennis Blewett in topic Contention in relation to reason for this case being a counter-example of the maxim "ignorance of the law is no excuse"
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Contention in relation to reason for this case being a counter-example of the maxim "ignorance of the law is no excuse" edit
I agree with the following statement:
"This case is an exception to the legal principle ignorantia legis non excusat: the ignorance of the law is not a suitable excuse for breaking it."
I disagree with the premise:
Because it deals with the motives (or lack thereof) for committing a crime, the case addresses mens rea, the degree of legal culpability that arises from the motivation of a criminal.
I'm editing the premise to state the following, and we can scrap out this matter:
"Because it deals with the 'wholly passive' absence of knowledge of a law." Dennis Blewett (talk) 17:26, 6 June 2023 (UTC)
- It didn't pan out exactly as I had hoped, but the change has been made. To argue that it was related to a mens rea issue would be ignorant of what was going on in the case. Not only did a mens rea not exist with Lambert but she did not know the law in the first place. --Dennis Blewett (talk) 17:32, 6 June 2023 (UTC)