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To: MarthaNOStewart
The Common Law in England during the 1600's was the basis of the law for New World Colonies by 1676, and all that other "intellectial spew" does not change that historical fact!

Hey genius, The Common Law wasn't from the 1600s, and it hasn't changed that much since it was first normalized sometime around the 12th century. Heck, there had been written versions for almost half a millenium prior to the 1600s. And The Common Law predates those first written codifications by at least another thousand years. The oldest documentation of the Common Law system was from the very first Christian missionaries to those lands, who noted that it was ancient when they arrived and found the system of law intriguing.

What, you think they invented Common Law in the 1600s? It had already been codified on paper (to the extent that Common Law is) before the Magna Carta. I think you've lost your grip on "historical fact". There is nothing "Christian" about English Common Law, it simply happens that the Common Law was fairly compatible with Christianity when that religion showed up later.

74 posted on 08/22/2003 9:58:31 AM PDT by tortoise (All these moments lost in time, like tears in the rain.)
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To: tortoise
Your lack of common sense is showing, as noone said Common Law was created in 1600's. It was during this time that the new world was being developed, and Common Law, as it was at that time, is what is relevant to our development.
I don't have time to educate people who have no real interest in the truth so I will be ignoring your from now on.
76 posted on 08/22/2003 7:45:49 PM PDT by MarthaNOStewart
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