British law serves the aristocracy and the bourgeoisie. Although the British also say that everyone is equal before the law, "people" here are also divided into three levels. Rich people can hire famous lawyers, and they can indeed be better.
The poor cannot even understand the legal provisions and cannot protect their own rights and interests.
The "can't understand" here is not a joke. There is no universal compulsory education in the UK. "Can't understand" means not being able to understand in a literal sense, and being able to explain it clearly are two different things.
As part of the Commonwealth, Southern Africa's legal system is inherited from the same line, and essentially serves the nobility and bourgeoisie.
It's just that compared with the UK, southern Africa has an additional legal aid system, which ensures that even ordinary people can better protect their interests in front of powerful people.
Roque is the Deputy Minister of Justice, and it was Roque who established the legal aid system.
If the ordinary people injured in this accident were in the UK, they would probably not be able to receive good medical services, and compensation would be a no-brainer. An Imperial Marshal could easily suppress this matter.
, there will be no follow-up at all.
This is not possible in Nyasaland. Even if Hopkins is still the Minister of Defense, he must fulfill his responsibilities in accordance with the existing legal procedures. Let’s not talk about criminal liability for now. The civil part must be resolved first, which will also help reduce the criminal part.
responsibility.
Rock and Xiaosi didn't stay in the hospital for too long. Xiaosi left the hospital and wanted to see the accident scene, and Rock followed him.
A cordon has been put up around the accident site, and the damaged cars and statues have not been cleaned up. There are still eye-catching blood stains on the ground, and there are almost no brake marks. The police from the accident department are busy taking photos and collecting evidence. There are patrol officers on duty at the scene.
Rock and Stoudemire, as well as Little Rock Police Chief Shan Ruolu, who was at the scene, came over immediately.
"The situation has been basically determined. Major Brett Hopkins lost control of his car while driving drunk and caused an accident. The vehicle and statue have been completely destroyed. The injured have been sent to the hospital for treatment, and the scene is still being investigated." Shan Ruolu is in his early thirties and is also Luo Luo.
Gram's old brother, a former commando member of the Cape Town Police Department.
"Hurry up and clean up after everything is done, and restore order as soon as possible." Rock warned and followed Xiao Si, who was silent next to the completely toppled statue.
It is indeed a bit tragic. The original statue was of Cecil Rhodes in military uniform, carrying a classic Martini Henry rifle on his shoulder, with his hands spread across a map of Africa drawn on the ground.
, the sculptor who does the work is still from Italy. Italians are not good at fighting. Sculpting, painting, and opera are their main skills.
Now the statue has been completely damaged, its legs were directly broken, and one of its arms was broken. The statue appeared in front of Rock and Stoudemire in an awkward posture with its face on the ground.
Rock was a little embarrassed, and you can imagine how angry Stoudemire was.
"In the future, all statues will need to have pedestals and fences installed around them -" Luo Ke raised his hand and called Shan Ruolu over. This is the drawback of delegating power. Failure to take care of it will cause serious consequences.
Shan Ruolu was very depressed. This matter belongs to city construction and actually has nothing to do with the police station.
But Shan Ruolu is the only official present now, so Shan Ruolu will remember it first and then convey it to the urban construction department.
"I must kill Brett Hopkins -" Stoudemire's eyes were blood red and he didn't care that Shan Ruolu was beside him.
It was indeed a bit arrogant to say this in front of the police chief, but Shan Ruolu didn't feel embarrassed at all, and instead showed empathy and approval.
"Cecil, let's talk about this later." Rock had a headache and decided to put Stoudemire in bed for a while, and then reminded Hopkins to get Brett Hopkins away, preferably far away.
"Come on, come and have a drink with me. I really need alcohol now." Xiao Si said as if he would just get drunk.
Rock wants to say that drinking is harmful to the body, but Brett Hopkins is not doing it because of drinking, and he will not get into trouble while drinking.
But now is obviously not the time to emphasize this. Let's calm down Xiao Si first.
Hopkins didn't need Rock's reminder at all. Brett Hopkins' operation lasted for six hours. Hopkins didn't even wait for Brett Hopkins to wake up before he went to the hospital overnight to treat Brett Hopkins.
Hopkins got on the train, which was said to be taken directly to Port Edward, and then sent back to the British mainland by boat.
Strictly speaking, this is illegal in Nyasaland. Although Brett Hopkins was seriously injured, because he committed a crime in Nyasaland, he must be tried in Nyasaland, and then he should be compensated and served.
He must serve his sentence and cannot leave Nyasaland until his sentence is over.
But because Hopkins was involved, everything was done in a special way. Shan Ruolu was not stupid and did not stop Hopkins from sending the people away. When Brett Hopkins was sent to the train, Shan Ruolu
Ruolu reported this matter to Roque.
Rock finally breathed a sigh of relief after knowing the news. He would definitely not punish Shan Ruolu for this matter. He no longer cared about whether sending Brett Hopkins away was against the law. As long as Brett Hope
As long as Kings did not die in Nyasaland, even if Brett Hopkins died on the ship, it has nothing to do with Nyasaland.
As for how Stoudemire will deal with Brett Hopkins in the future, this has nothing to do with Rock, that is a matter between Stoudemire and Hopkins.
Rock was not in the mood to care about Brett Hopkins. With the increasing popularity of cars, the Traffic Law was about to be released. There was no need to apply to the federal government for this. The Nyasaland State Government also had legislative power. As long as it was not
It only conflicts with the British Constitution and the Federal Constitution.
The biggest difference between Nyasaland law and British law and federal government law is the intensity of penalties.
In fact, the laws of this era were almost useless. As long as they did not evade taxes or kill people, there was basically no death penalty. The nobles could even substitute fines for any criminal punishment.
In principle, it is the same in Nyasaland, except that the punishment in Nyasaland is higher. Crimes that only require a fine in the UK are likely to be served in Nyasaland, while in the UK they will be served.
Criminal offenses in Nyasaland are basically the kind that can get you to jail.
The same goes for the Traffic Law. Neither the British mainland nor the federal government of Southern Africa has laws in this area. Nyasaland stipulated six crimes punishable by the death penalty, including drunk driving endangering the lives of others.
Safety.
Note that it is only a threat, not something that has been caused. This means that as long as there is such a possibility, the death penalty can be imposed. The sentencing standard depends on how the court determines it.
"Is it too much?" Anton had a different opinion.
"Why is it overkill?" Roque felt that it was not enough. In fact, it was not enough to act as a vigilant. The purpose of legislation is prevention. Once the law is in place, it must be popularized and deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. There is a long way to go in this regard.
"If the regulations are so strict, I'm worried that it will cause controversy." Anton is also helpless, and there are some things he can't say but can't say.
There are more and more cars in the UK, but there is no formal law on cars in the UK. The main reason is that cars are still toys for wealthy families and have not yet entered ordinary families.
Since it is just a toy for the powerful families, there is no need to pay too much attention to it. We cannot give too many restrictions to the powerful people. Only after cars enter ordinary families, will the corresponding legislation begin to restrict them. This is what can be done and cannot be said.
Anton is worried about the same thing. In Nyasaland, apart from the state government and the military and police, the only people who can buy cars now are wealthy people. To put it bluntly, they are all vested interests. These people are originally Roque's loyal supporters.
, if the newly released "Traffic Law" imposes too many restrictions on cars, it will not only affect the popularity of cars, but also affect the support of Roque and the state government.
"Don't worry, this is not a restriction, but to protect all of us. If the policeman injured by Brett Hopkins was Angel, would you think this is overkill?" Rock hit the nail on the head, all magnanimous.
It's all because the matter has nothing to do with oneself. If it really hurts one's own interests, or even just might hurt them, then everyone will take it seriously.
The policeman injured by Brett Hopkins was not seriously injured. He only received simple treatment in the hospital and was discharged.
But this is not serious, which does not mean that Brett Hopkins' behavior is not bad.
"It must be punished severely!" Sure enough, Anton's attitude immediately became firm.
In fact, the law is really not to protect the rich, but to protect everyone. Cecil Rhodes Square is the commercial center of Little Rock. The square is surrounded by the headquarters of large companies, as well as shopping malls, hotels, museums, libraries and other businesses.
Cultural Center, so most of the people who can hang out and feed pigeons in Cecil Rhodes Plaza have some wealth. Among the injured injured by Brett Hopkins was an executive of Rand Bank.
Anton is not stupid either. Nyasaland’s laws actually do not have much binding force on the powerful. For example, drunk driving has nothing to do with the real powerful. Everyone has a driver when they go out, and there is more than one driver, so
Drunk driving has nothing to do with others.
What the law really wants to restrict is the so-called "middle class". This class is really glamorous on the surface, but in fact it is a standard leek, such as tax evasion. In fact, this kind of thing has little to do with ordinary people. Nyasaland stipulates
The tax payment standard is an annual income of more than 100 rand. This income standard is also the so-called "middle class" standard. Most ordinary people have an annual income of less than 100 rand and do not need to pay tax at all. The real rich and powerful
There are various legal ways to reduce taxes. The only ones who really have to pay taxes and cannot escape them are the middle class.
Therefore, the Traffic Law was submitted to the Nyasaland State Assembly for the third time and was passed in the third reading.
