The law

I've been categorizing some Queensland laws at work -- part of the research project I'm working on.


A few discoveries and insights:


-There is a law that specifically prohibits your preventing someone else from leaving a wrecked car (Now **that** is being a jerk!!! "No! Get back in there!!!")

-There's a related law that prohibits preventing someone else from leaving a damaged or unsafe building ("But -- but-- there was an earthquake..." "I don't care!!!")

-It's illegal to assault someone in order to prevent them from viewing a piece of real estate

-That one is part of a broader statute that prohibits using violence to prevent the completion of a commercial transaction

-There's an offense for "murder", for "conspiracy to murder", and for "attempted murder". But there's also one for "attempted conspiracy to murder": what would **that** be? You tried to phone your accomplice, but the line was busy?

-Why does attempted murder attract a smaller penalty than an actual murder? You're just rewarding incompetence, bad planning, and/or equipment failure.

-"Manslaughter" is spelled the same (except for spacing and punctuation) as "man's laughter". Spooky.


--GG