The jurisprudence of willfulness: An evolving theory of excusable ignorance

Duke Law Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 341-342

  Davies, Sharon L ^a  

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EID: 0041777914     PISSN: 00127086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1373057     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. JOHN SELDEN, Law, In TABLE-TALK (1689), quoted in THE QUOTABLE LAWYER 133 (David S. Shrager & Elizabeth Frost eds., 1986) [hereinafter QUOTABLE LAWYER].
2. JOHN SELDEN, Law, In TABLE-TALK (1689), quoted in THE QUOTABLE LAWYER 133 (David S. Shrager & Elizabeth Frost eds., 1986) [hereinafter QUOTABLE LAWYER].
3. The principle's terminology has varied slightly over the centuries, but its core idea has not. See Edwin R. Keedy, Ignorance and Mistake in the Criminal Law, 22 HARV. L. REV. 75, 76 n.1 (1908) (noting that the maxim has been variously stated as "ignorantia legis neminem excusat," "ignorantia eorum, quae quis scire tenetur, non excusat," "ignorantia juris, quod quisque tenetur scire, neminem excusat," and "ignorantia juris haud excusat").
4. For the principle's Roman origins and English case authorities, see id. at 77-80; infra notes 37-55 and accompanying text. For early American case authority, see infra notes 56, 68.
5. Numerous excellent books and articles discussing the maxim are available. See, e.g., JEROME HALL, GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CRIMINAL LAW 360-414 (2d ed. 1960); OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, THE COMMON LAW 47-48 (1881); GLANVILLE WILLIAMS, TEXTBOOK OF
6. Numerous excellent books and articles discussing the maxim are available. See, e.g., JEROME HALL, GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CRIMINAL LAW 360-414 (2d ed. 1960); OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, THE COMMON LAW 47-48 (1881); GLANVILLE WILLIAMS, TEXTBOOK OF