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To: jf55510
Do you know where the common law came from?

The precedents, standards and customs practiced in the various states. No two states were identical in their common laws.

207 posted on 08/26/2006 12:30:16 AM PDT by Mojave
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To: Mojave
The precedents, standards and customs practiced in the various states. No two states were identical in their common laws.

Incredibly wrong. The common law was around hundreds of years before there were even English colonies in North America.
210 posted on 08/26/2006 12:35:32 AM PDT by jf55510
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