To: jf55510
Very plainly you meant the common law came from the statesYou lie.
Precedents, standards and customs evolved over time from multiple sources, they aren't "made up" by courts.
403 posted on
08/26/2006 9:57:31 PM PDT by
Mojave
To: Mojave
Precedents, standards and customs evolved over time from multiple sources ... may be basis for a formal legal framework, but by themselves these aren't laws until the courts codified them into a system of jurisprudence.
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