Common law seems so stupid (hexbear.net)

submitted 3 weeks ago by RION@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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Instead of making laws like normal a judge from a hundred years ago gets to be the authority unless yet another judge decides to overrule them and become the new authority???

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[-] huf@hexbear.net 2 points 3 weeks ago

i think common law stayed around in anglo countries because they have this weird hangup about being an actual real country. see also the UK not having a constitution, but them still pretending it does. or the city of london existing. or the weird american brainworms (present from the moment of founding) about not having a central state.