Back Nemo censetur ignorare legem Breton Nemini licet ignorare ius Catalan Neznalost zákona neomlouvá Czech Ignorantia juris neminem excusat Welsh Ignorantia legis non excusat German Ignorantia legis non excusat EML Ignorantia iuris non excusat Spanish Nul n'est censé ignorer la loi French אי-ידיעת החוק אינה פוטרת HE Ignorantia juris non excusat ID
In law, ignorantia juris non excusat (Latin for "ignorance of the law excuses not"),[1] or ignorantia legis neminem excusat ("ignorance of law excuses no one"),[2] is a legal principle holding that a person who is unaware of a law may not escape liability for violating that law merely by being unaware of its content.
European-law countries with a tradition of Roman law may also use an expression from Aristotle translated into Latin: nemo censetur ignorare legem ("nobody is thought to be ignorant of the law")[3] or ignorantia iuris nocet ("not knowing the law is harmful").[4]
- ^ Black's Law Dictionary, 5th Edition, pg. 672
- ^ Black's Law Dictionary, 5th Edition, pg. 673
- ^ Rowell, Arden (2019). "Legal Knowledge, Belief, and Aspiration" (PDF). Arizona State Law Journal. 51 (1): 225–291 – via Academic Search Complete.
- ^ Paunović, Dragan (2020). Reljanović, Mario (ed.). "Mistake of Law — Current Status and Perspectives". Regional Law Review. Year 2020. Belgrade ; Hungary ; Osijek: Institute of Comparative Law ; University of Pécs Faculty of Law ; Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Law: 183–194. doi:10.18485/iup_rlr.2020.ch14. ISBN 978-86-80186-60-3.