When in Rome
Julian Assange - the founder of Wikileaks - was in the Court of Appeal yesterday resisting efforts to have him extradited back to Sweden - to face charges of sexual assault against two separate women.
The defence put forward on behalf of Mr Assange was a novel one - that the allegations made against him would not constitute a crime in the UK.
Which strikes me as very odd as well as novel.
Because we do not have uniform laws across the whole of Europe - the law varies from country to country, as you would expect - reflecting cultural and other differences.
So the onus is on tourists and visitors is simple:
'When in Rome, do as the Romans' - sound advice which has served many a traveller well down the years.
Ignorance of the law is no defence - in the UK anyway.
I presume this to be the so in other European countries as well - in which case how can Mr Assange's defence possibly succeed?
The defence put forward on behalf of Mr Assange was a novel one - that the allegations made against him would not constitute a crime in the UK.
Which strikes me as very odd as well as novel.
Because we do not have uniform laws across the whole of Europe - the law varies from country to country, as you would expect - reflecting cultural and other differences.
So the onus is on tourists and visitors is simple:
'When in Rome, do as the Romans' - sound advice which has served many a traveller well down the years.
Ignorance of the law is no defence - in the UK anyway.
I presume this to be the so in other European countries as well - in which case how can Mr Assange's defence possibly succeed?
