From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

Gary Wiltshire wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 17:26:40 -0500, Adam 
> wrote:
>
>> Gary Wiltshire wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 10:34:00 -0500, Adam field.near the bridge">
>>>  wrote:
>>>
>>>> Geo wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> "Adam"
<""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near the
bridge">
>>>>> wrote in
>>>>> message news:44169599$1{at}w3....
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> How many laws do you have in the UK?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Lots & lots.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> There was a reason I asked (perhaps I should have started a new
>>>>> thread).
>>>>>
>>>>> I've always wondered why nobody asked a judge that question when
>>>>> trying to
>>>>> claim ignorance of the law as a defense. Because if nobody can
>>>>> answer  that
>>>>> question of "how many laws do we have" then
how the hell can
>>>>> anyone  know
>>>>> what is and isn't legal?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> First rule of law: Ignorance of the law is no defence.
>>>>
>>>>> Your "unwritten constitution" made me think
about that again. How
>>>>> can  you
>>>>> enforce something that isn't written down?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Convention & tradition.
>>>>
>>>> Adam
>>>
>>>  Even Hammurabi did it better than you.
>>>  --Gary Wiltshire
>>
>>
>> Obviously not. How well is Babylon & the rest of the fertile crescent
>> doing these days? A Model of law & order?
>>
>>
>> Adam
>
>
> Hammurabi ain't ruling the region now, but at least there were laws,
> whether "fair" or not, objectively recorded and available to public
> verification.
>

We have that too. We write them on bits of paper presented as
"bills" put before "parliament" who then vote on them
& the vote is recorded. Maybe you could try that.

Adam

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