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Re: Pete Diary
> It seems strange to me that the UK authorities are able to apply the law
> retroactively. If it wasn't illegal at the time, then there was no crime.
> Very strange.
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> keets
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There are hopefully people far more qualified than me on the list to explain
this ,
but anyone at all interested in this could have a look at
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~lawf0013/P'SOV199.htm
It's quite long.
During my very limited law studies, the case of Burma Oil v
Lord Advocate was the one case which best illustrated the power
of Parliament to retrospectively apply laws. This case is mentioned
in the web address above.
Fraser
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