The _structure_ of law is derived as you said (with some local innovations).
Individual laws are not just derived from there, but from a combination of many places, usually following societal rules and religious rules that either the majority held in common, or that a minority could slide through when no one else was looking. I dont think the "no refrigerators can be sold on Sunday" law was based on English Common Law. On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 9:20 PM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com>wrote: > > Jerry, US law is derived from British Common Law. That comes from > Alfred the Great's 9th century Doom book, which codified the laws of > Kent, Wessex, Mercia with Germanic tribal customs and Jewish and > Christian principles. > > So yr both wrong :P > > On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 5:49 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson <jmi...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Wow, you really missed that point. > > > > The point was that our laws are based on the 10 commandments. > > > > Not that the 10 commandments are the laws. > > > > My examples covered the first. Yours covered the second. > > > > (nana-nana-na-na) > > > > =) > > > > > > > > On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 5:44 PM, Maureen <mamamaur...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> > >> Sunday is not the Hebrew Sabbath. Almost everyone running for public > >> office in the last election bore false witness by lying about their > >> opponents. None are in jail, although perhaps they should be. As long a > >> website called OMG exists, no one should be punished for taking the > Lord's > >> name in vain - it happens millions of times daily. > >> > >> On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 9:06 AM, Jerry Milo Johnson <jmi...@gmail.com > >> >wrote: > >> > >> > > >> > many states still have laws against commerce on Sundays, including > >> banking > >> > and liquor sales. > >> > > >> > and bearing false witness sounds like perjury to me. > >> > > >> > And in Britain, as well as some other European countries, taking the > >> Lords > >> > name in vain IS a crime (as is most disrespect to any religion) > >> > > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:360957 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
