On 8/03/2013 7:26 AM, Lev Lafayette wrote:
When the law is mis-written and the defendant gets off with the loophole or other reason for the mis-written law, then it is up the the parliamentray system to correct the law so that it cannot be mis-interpretted again.
Mis-interpreted? So interpretation of words does play a role!
Actually "mis-interpretted" should be mis-used or incorrectly used. Laws need to be written in such a way that they cannot be considered ambiguous and therefore no interpretation is required, nor is an alternate interpretation possible. The judgement can then be clear -- has the law been broken or not (by the letter of the law)? There are legal dictionaries that give "legal definitions" of terms used in writing law -- understanding the actual legal definitions helps ensure that the law is clear when it otherwise might not be so. Cheers A.