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March 20, 2006
Irish criminality impeded
Would be criminals will have to cast about for new ways to flout authority when a number of statutes dating back to the Norman invasion and before are abolished.
Under a large-scale overhaul of the statute book, only 200 laws will be retained from the period between 1100 and 1800, when the Act of Union abolished the Irish parliament in Dublin after the 1798 rebellion against British rule.
The laws that will perish include such gems as the denial of a citizen’s right to adulterate coffee with sheep dung, the burning of witches at the stake, and the entertainment of crowds with tiger fights.
The laws that will perish include such gems as the denial of a citizen’s right to adulterate coffee with sheep dung, the burning of witches at the stake, and the entertainment of crowds with tiger fights.
Posted by Ghost of a flea at March 20, 2006 08:41 AM
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