Posts by Keir Leslie
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Hard News: When "common sense" isn't, in reply to Matthew Poole,
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Of course, someone fleeing police may not have any intent of injuring anyone, so treating that as murder kinda mucks up the rest of your position around intent.
Also in general in NZ we try to avoid objective recklessness.
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Hard News: When "common sense" isn't,
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Recklessness doesn’t really involve “caring” (or not) about a result. Subjective recklessness is knowledge that if you do x, then y may well happen, and doing x anyway. You might care very deeply that y not happen, but you’re still reckless.
In the UK, objective recklessness - funnily enough - mostly shows up in criminal damage and reckless driving.
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Hard News: When "common sense" isn't, in reply to BenWilson,
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But that doesn't matter, it's a right that exists and the policeman's bound to respect, and Parliament's bound to acknowledge.
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Hard News: When "common sense" isn't,
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Meh. I don’t buy that I have a right to freedom of movement in the first place
s 18 (1) of the Bill of Rights Act does provide for one though.
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Hard News: When "common sense" isn't,
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There's probably not a right to drive a car but there's definitely a right to freedom of movement and it's not entirely crazy to argue that restrictions on the right to drive a car are therefore only justified to the extent necessary etc. Even if you don't go that far it's certainly worth keeping in mind the extent to which they interact.
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Legal Beagle: A four-year parliamentary term?, in reply to Graeme Edgeler,
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An actual serious example: the UK Poll Tax under Thatcher and Major. Not exactly a great argument for a five year term when you get to it either.
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Legal Beagle: A four-year parliamentary term?,
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I realise this doesn't actually answer your question, Graeme, but too it's funny to not put here: every coalition U-turn.
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Legal Beagle: A four-year parliamentary term?,
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I think the idea that politicians don't like campaigning is a bit of a generalisation. Some really love it, some hate it. These days we're getting close to a permanent campaign, in many ways. I am unsure what difference a campaign that lasts four years as opposed to one that lasts three years will really make.
Personally I quite like triennial elections, because I like odd numbers more than even.
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Can I just say that Ruth (and the whole committee) was amazingly even handed? I've seen (and submitted to) hostile Select Committees, and this was not one of them.
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I just left during Ms Gay Agenda; couldn't hack it.