Never Forget Your Latin: Ignorantia Juris Non Excusat

From the CEOFor those who never had the opportunity to learn Latin or to attend law school (you may have been fortunate in both cases), the Latin maxim ignorantia juris non excusat can be translated to “ignorance of the law excuses not.” Code-based legal systems may use the Latin phrase ignorantia iuris nocet, which translates to “not knowing the law is harmful.” I am sure that you are familiar with this legal principle or maxim. Perhaps you have received a traffic citation or other legal violation that has brought the meaning of the maxim to your personal experience. This principle is very much alive today and seems to resound with increasing significance in the experiences of those pursuing public construction contracts and of those supporting them.

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