From: "Gary Wiltshire" 

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"
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>>>> 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.

--
Gary Wiltshire

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