If you go to the UK, with all the traffic you will be lucky to be able to get to 55 m.p.h.
SalB - you expressed what I meant - you must follow the laws of the country (and time) you are in. You cannot obey the laws that will be made in the future and there is no requirement to obey the laws of other countries. Hence, in practice, Saddam has to obey the laws in effect at the time he commited the acts in question. Similarly, in practice, if found guilty he will be subject to the punishment of those crimes in effect at the time the crimes were comitted. One might think that inappropriate given what he is alleged to have done and his position at that time, but laws are laws and if we disregard them then legal justice is lost.
SalB - you expressed what I meant - you must follow the laws of the country (and time) you are in. You cannot obey the laws that will be made in the future and there is no requirement to obey the laws of other countries. Hence, in practice, Saddam has to obey the laws in effect at the time he commited the acts in question. Similarly, in practice, if found guilty he will be subject to the punishment of those crimes in effect at the time the crimes were comitted. One might think that inappropriate given what he is alleged to have done and his position at that time, but laws are laws and if we disregard them then legal justice is lost.