On 5/21/07, sean(a)epoptic.com <sean(a)epoptic.com> wrote:
It is surprising and faintly scary to learn that South
Africa may be the
most progressive of common-law countries.
Eh not really. When South Africa shifted to it's post apartheid legal
structure the Bill of Rights introduced has (as far as I understand
obviously I'm not a lawyer) the effect that it would probably be
illegal to use lethal force to protect property. However this has not
as yet been directly tested in court as far as I know so I can't be
certain (all the past cases being under the old system where it was
under certain conditions legal).
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geni