Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On 9/11/05, graywolf, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>So there are three totally different attitudes about it. What is >>trespassing where you live? > >AFAIK we have no trespass law in the UK. True.
There certainly are trespass laws in Britain. I'm currently taking a law course as a requirement for my master's degree at Duquesne University and we just covered trespass. (I just got back from an exam on that very subject not 20 minutes ago!) American trespass law is based on English common law. I'd wager Canadian trespass law is also, so perhaps Knarf can fill us in some more. Anyway, property rights in Britain, including trespass, are at least partly based on the writings of John Locke. In case anyone's wondering, the course I'm taking *is* required for my degree and it's proving to be a fascinating experience. The stuff I've learned about basic contract law alone will probably pay for the course. Trespass, interestingly enough, has been applied successfully in Internet applications (hence its inclusion in the course I'm taking). You wouldn't think ideas about private property proposed by John Locke hundreds of years ago would have much application in cyberspace, but trespass laws *have* been successfully used in Internet cases. See CompuServe v. Cyber Promotions (a case we studied in detail), for example. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
