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Alec asked in Politics & GovernmentLaw & Ethics · 6 years ago

Is it legal to break the law?

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  • STEVEN F
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    By DEFINITION, it CAN'T be legal to break the law. In some situations, it is legal to do things that would be illegal in other situations, but it is not breaking the law in those cases.

  • Anonymous
    6 years ago

    No. That's why it's called the law.

  • okiknowit
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    Not usually, unless it is something like speeding and running red lights in order to rush someone to the hospital? Of course if you are acquitted, you are deemed not to have broken it. Perhaps just bent it a little.

  • Mog
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    Only when you are rich enough. It's not exactly legal, it's just expensive.

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  • hillbilly
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    It is the law you break that is illegal.

  • J
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    Only when the law in illegal

  • ?
    Lv 6
    6 years ago

    On occasion. There are certain defenses eg duress.

  • Arrianna
    6 years ago

    no

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