Especialmente dedicado aos legalistas, àqueles para quem tudo no mundo se limita ao respeitinho da lei, e que não conseguem ver o que se esconde por trás das normas e regulamentos ditados por interesses inconfessados que são veículados pelo poder legislativo do Estado, a esses ilusionistas da realidade, deixo aqui um saboroso post sobre as mais estranhas leis do mundo, graças à preciosa ajuda do The Times, jornal londrino que nos facultou as informação, mas sobretudo a Dan Kieran, autor de um recente livro editado na Grã-Bretanha sob o insinuante título «I fought the law», de onde foram retirados estes dados.
Para que, ao menos, dos silogismos jurídico-legais e da douta jurisprudência saia um sorriso fino de inteligência, prudência e bom senso.
Sabia que na França é proibido chamar Napoleão a um porco?
Para que, ao menos, dos silogismos jurídico-legais e da douta jurisprudência saia um sorriso fino de inteligência, prudência e bom senso.
Sabia que na França é proibido chamar Napoleão a um porco?
Sabia que no Estado de Vermont, nos Estados Unidos, uma mulher casada precisa de autorização do marido para colocar uma dentadura postiça?
Sabia que no Ohio, nesses mesmos Estados Unidos da América, não é permitido comer peixe com bebida alcoólica?
Sabia que na Florida (Estados Unidos) uma mulher solteira que faça para-quedismo pode ser presa?
Sabia que na Indonésia a decapitação é pena prevista para quem se masturbar?
LEIA MAIS...
...para ler, sorrir e reflectir sobre o que é uma lei:
The world's strangest laws
25. It is illegal for a cab in the City of London to carry rabid dogs or corpses.
...para ler, sorrir e reflectir sobre o que é uma lei:
The world's strangest laws
25. It is illegal for a cab in the City of London to carry rabid dogs or corpses.
24. It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament.
23. It is an act of treason to place a postage stamp bearing the British monarch upside down.
22. In France, it is forbidden to call a pig Napoleon.
21. Under the UK’s Tax Avoidance Schemes Regulations 2006, it is illegal not to tell the taxman anything you don’t want him to know, though you don’t have to tell him anything you don’t mind him knowing.
20. In Alabama, it is illegal for a driver to be blindfolded while driving a vehicle.
19. In Ohio, it is against state law to get a fish drunk.
18. Royal Navy ships that enter the Port of London must provide a barrel of rum to the Constable of the Tower of London.
17. In the UK, a pregnant woman can legally relieve herself anywhere she wants – even, if she so requests, in a policeman’s helmet.
16. In Lancashire, no person is permitted after being asked to stop by a constable on the seashore to incite a dog to bark.
15. In Miami, Florida, it is illegal to skateboard in a police station.
14. In Indonesia, the penalty for masturbation is decapitation.
13. In England, all men over the age of 14 must carry out two hours of longbow practice a day.
12. In London, Freemen are allowed to take a flock of sheep across London Bridge without being charged a toll; they are also allowed to drive geese down Cheapside.
11. In San Salvador, drunk drivers can be punished by death before a firing squad.
10. In the UK, a man who feels compelled to urinate in public can do so only if he aims for his rear wheel and keeps his right hand on his vehicle.
9. In Florida, unmarried women who parachute on Sundays can be jailed.
8. In Kentucky, it is illegal to carry a concealed weapon more than six-feet long.
7. In Chester, Welshmen are banned from entering the city before sunrise and from staying after sunset.
6. In the city of York, it is legal to murder a Scotsman within the ancient city walls, but only if he is carrying a bow and arrow.
5. In Boulder, Colorado, it is illegal to kill a bird within the city limits and also to “own” a pet – the town’s citizens, legally speaking, are merely “pet minders”.
4. In Vermont, women must obtain written permission from their husbands to wear false teeth.
3. In London, it is illegal to flag down a taxi if you have the plague.
2. In Bahrain, a male doctor may legally examine a woman’s genitals but is forbidden from looking directly at them during the examination; he may only see their reflection in a mirror.
1. The head of any dead whale found on the British coast is legally the property of the King; the tail, on the other hand, belongs to the Queen - in case she needs the bones for her corset.
Fonte:
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article2251280.ece
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