From: "Gary Wiltshire" 

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.

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Gary Wiltshire

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