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Or at the very least, don't have a principle like in Australia that ignorance of the law is no excuse.
Yes, ignorantia non excusat is basically abandoning the entire purpose of Rule of Law and stare decisis. I don't know why more people don't see this; it's basically what Kafka was talking about in The Judgment.
If that principle was abandoned, there would be every reason to never learn the laws.