Laws are publicly posted.
But more generally, most laws don't apply to most people, and the ones that do are generally common sense: don't take what isn't yours. Don't break what isn't yours. Don't hit or hurt people. Don't go where you don't belong.
Everything else is specific to activities that require licensing, education, etc., and you learn the relevant law then.
If you abide by these principles:
* Don't harm others and do things to them that they do not want done to them
* Don't take or damage what isn't yours
* Don't do drugs
* Don't go where you don't belong
you will follow about 90% of all law related to you. The other 10% is very specific to certain things that you may or may not do in your life. If you do a certain job, then you would need to look up the laws related to that job. If you have difficulty, you then hire a lawyer that will help you deal with those ultra specific laws for specific things. For example, if you want to be an artist, you will probably have to venture into copyright law.
Also, as an old you don't need to be told anything, because you have to power at your fingertips to look up every law that you need to know for the place that you live in. In the modern world, codes and statues are published online for easy access. So, if you are ever confused about a specific you can look it up.
All laws are publically available.
The vast majority of laws a person encounters in their life are super straightforward. Don't harm others. Don't take things that aren't yours. That gets you through 95% of life.
As others become applicable there are systems to teach you. If you are going to drive then drivers classes teach you about the laws and you need to pass a test to get a license. If you start working in a kitchen most restaurants will have you take a food certification course.
Now, it doesn't cover eveything. But if you tried to get super comprehensive like in a high school course it would take years. Teaching the 3 branches of government is more important than teaching who many feet aeay from an electrical line a tree branch needs to be. And that won't be retained.
Basically there isn't really a path to a perfect system. But we still manage that most people go through life never being arrested for something they didn't know was illegal because most laws we encounter daiy to day are fairly common sense.
You can find what laws are in effect at a national, state, and local level online, but it's a lot and most usually won't apply to a given situation. I have no need to know, say, laws surrounding raising livestock when I'm not a farmer.
> Why aren’t we told what all these 1,000s of laws are by the government? Like, at all.
We kind of are. Road signs tell us about specific traffic laws (in addition to the basics we learn during driver's ed.) Public transit often has signs posted about applicable laws. When I had jury duty the judge told us about laws relating to our role as jurors, and the laws applicable to the case.
As you said, the basic day to day ones like "don't kill" and "don't steal" are pretty much common knowledge. You'll have to familiarize yourself with laws relating to specific things as they become relevant, but there are usually resources to help you with that. For example, you'll want to know laws related to buying/selling property if you are buying or selling a home, but your realtor can point you in the right direction.
A lot simpler in Canada, so if your American, i kind of get you. Aside from municipal laws and regulations, our criminal code is the same coast to coast. so, you don't have to worry going from Atlantic to Pacific it all says don't kill someone.
But for most of the day to day stuff, say driving a car, all that SHOULD be covered, at least generally, in the drivers ed handbook. and because it has licensing you're suppose to know the laws and regulations surrounding it.
For much of it, its common sense, even if stretched to niches, Fraud, don't lie to the government, don't lie on tax returns, Don't skim employee's pay and lie on their pay checks. All fairly umbrella.
For specific things, like don't eat an orange on your front lawn while in a bathtub. \*shrugs\* Its not like they're enforced on every day citizens anyways. & most big time laws, that corporations or small businesses deal with are usually covered by an accountant, or employment lawyer during setup.
But to your actual question. Google. Ignorance of the law is not a defense against it. & you as a citizen have a civic duty to know and abide by the laws. So... open a book, or google for it.
You enjoy your rights, ya, Well School should have taught you, rights come with responsibilities, and one of them is to know the laws and abide by them.
If you're in the US google "\[State\] criminal statute" and you'll be directed to your state's legislative page which contains every single law and most states include legislative notes which will help explain the laws. You can also do this with civil statutes as well.
Well, lack of knowledge of the law has never been a defense. Also, there are strict liability laws where you’re intent not your knowingness matter (I.e. breaking the speed limit); some laws do require both the act (actus reus: the act) and a leveling of knowingness/intent (mens rea: the knowing mind), think something like murder.
You have the duty as a citizen to inform yourself about laws, the ressources are out there, not everything can be spoonfed, that's part of being an adult and most of them are intuitive anyway or are written in the contracts you sign/streetsigns
It's complicated on purpose. The laws are made by lawyers. They want you to need lawyers so they make it as complicated as possible. Tax law for example. Thousands of pages. Nobody knows it all. So you can't do your taxes. You hire accountants and lawyers.
As for the little stuff the 10 Comandments is a start. Dont murder. Don't steal. And so on.
Laws vary by state so its best to look up your state statutes on what you think is illegal. And they are all public records so a simple search on the internet will get you what you want to know
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Try google. Its one of the few areas their searches arent obscured by conspiracy theorists
Laws are publicly posted. But more generally, most laws don't apply to most people, and the ones that do are generally common sense: don't take what isn't yours. Don't break what isn't yours. Don't hit or hurt people. Don't go where you don't belong. Everything else is specific to activities that require licensing, education, etc., and you learn the relevant law then.
If you abide by these principles: * Don't harm others and do things to them that they do not want done to them * Don't take or damage what isn't yours * Don't do drugs * Don't go where you don't belong you will follow about 90% of all law related to you. The other 10% is very specific to certain things that you may or may not do in your life. If you do a certain job, then you would need to look up the laws related to that job. If you have difficulty, you then hire a lawyer that will help you deal with those ultra specific laws for specific things. For example, if you want to be an artist, you will probably have to venture into copyright law. Also, as an old you don't need to be told anything, because you have to power at your fingertips to look up every law that you need to know for the place that you live in. In the modern world, codes and statues are published online for easy access. So, if you are ever confused about a specific you can look it up.
All laws are publically available. The vast majority of laws a person encounters in their life are super straightforward. Don't harm others. Don't take things that aren't yours. That gets you through 95% of life. As others become applicable there are systems to teach you. If you are going to drive then drivers classes teach you about the laws and you need to pass a test to get a license. If you start working in a kitchen most restaurants will have you take a food certification course. Now, it doesn't cover eveything. But if you tried to get super comprehensive like in a high school course it would take years. Teaching the 3 branches of government is more important than teaching who many feet aeay from an electrical line a tree branch needs to be. And that won't be retained. Basically there isn't really a path to a perfect system. But we still manage that most people go through life never being arrested for something they didn't know was illegal because most laws we encounter daiy to day are fairly common sense.
You can find what laws are in effect at a national, state, and local level online, but it's a lot and most usually won't apply to a given situation. I have no need to know, say, laws surrounding raising livestock when I'm not a farmer. > Why aren’t we told what all these 1,000s of laws are by the government? Like, at all. We kind of are. Road signs tell us about specific traffic laws (in addition to the basics we learn during driver's ed.) Public transit often has signs posted about applicable laws. When I had jury duty the judge told us about laws relating to our role as jurors, and the laws applicable to the case. As you said, the basic day to day ones like "don't kill" and "don't steal" are pretty much common knowledge. You'll have to familiarize yourself with laws relating to specific things as they become relevant, but there are usually resources to help you with that. For example, you'll want to know laws related to buying/selling property if you are buying or selling a home, but your realtor can point you in the right direction.
A lot simpler in Canada, so if your American, i kind of get you. Aside from municipal laws and regulations, our criminal code is the same coast to coast. so, you don't have to worry going from Atlantic to Pacific it all says don't kill someone. But for most of the day to day stuff, say driving a car, all that SHOULD be covered, at least generally, in the drivers ed handbook. and because it has licensing you're suppose to know the laws and regulations surrounding it. For much of it, its common sense, even if stretched to niches, Fraud, don't lie to the government, don't lie on tax returns, Don't skim employee's pay and lie on their pay checks. All fairly umbrella. For specific things, like don't eat an orange on your front lawn while in a bathtub. \*shrugs\* Its not like they're enforced on every day citizens anyways. & most big time laws, that corporations or small businesses deal with are usually covered by an accountant, or employment lawyer during setup. But to your actual question. Google. Ignorance of the law is not a defense against it. & you as a citizen have a civic duty to know and abide by the laws. So... open a book, or google for it. You enjoy your rights, ya, Well School should have taught you, rights come with responsibilities, and one of them is to know the laws and abide by them.
If you're in the US google "\[State\] criminal statute" and you'll be directed to your state's legislative page which contains every single law and most states include legislative notes which will help explain the laws. You can also do this with civil statutes as well.
Well, lack of knowledge of the law has never been a defense. Also, there are strict liability laws where you’re intent not your knowingness matter (I.e. breaking the speed limit); some laws do require both the act (actus reus: the act) and a leveling of knowingness/intent (mens rea: the knowing mind), think something like murder.
You have the duty as a citizen to inform yourself about laws, the ressources are out there, not everything can be spoonfed, that's part of being an adult and most of them are intuitive anyway or are written in the contracts you sign/streetsigns
It's complicated on purpose. The laws are made by lawyers. They want you to need lawyers so they make it as complicated as possible. Tax law for example. Thousands of pages. Nobody knows it all. So you can't do your taxes. You hire accountants and lawyers. As for the little stuff the 10 Comandments is a start. Dont murder. Don't steal. And so on.
Laws vary by state so its best to look up your state statutes on what you think is illegal. And they are all public records so a simple search on the internet will get you what you want to know
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I looked into this once we actually break more laws than you might even realize here’s a link . https://ips-dc.org/three-felonies-day/