Quote Originally Posted by Furunculus View Post
English Common Law with its roots in the concept of Natural Law has led to a presumption of negative liberty; I am free to do anything that which is not specifically proscribed by the law. Rights are defined as being against interference by the sovereign in the liberty of individual on matters of religion, speech, press, assembly, and free markets.
I was always of the opinion that it was the opinion of your Judges who made the law.

In fact just reading Wiki there and it claims murder is not illegal by statute but by precedent, does that mean if enough judges started to throw cases out for murder the precedent would be set for murder to be legal???? how is that a sensible system to have