From: Adam 

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

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