Vehicles do not commit crimes: Registered-Owner liability, the presumption of innocence, and the legality of TRAFFITECH-GH
The legitimacy of an enforcement system depends not only on the soundness of its objectives but on the lawfulness of its methods. TRAFFITECH-GH pursues a vital public purpose, yet in its present form it substitutes a register of title for proof of conduct and asks the citizen to prove his own innocence. Ghanaian criminal law knows no general doctrine of…
The legitimacy of an enforcement system depends not only on the soundness of its objectives but on the lawfulness of its methods. TRAFFITECH-GH pursues a vital public purpose, yet in its present form it substitutes a register of title for proof of conduct and asks the citizen to prove his own innocence. Ghanaian criminal law knows no general doctrine of…