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Entry: The Ron Paul Revolution Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/the_ron_paul_revolution#8718 Post contents: Damn, I was just going to hand Zmirak a beer while we both chuckle from the sidelines. (But here's a beer for you anyway.) Just a quibble: Sorry but when you get into legal history and comparative law you're veering into my area of expertise. Continental Europe never developed anything quite like the English Common Law, although to be fair the development of continental law from the shreds of Roman law (mixed with a mish mash of pre-Christian Germanic customs) DID bear some resemblance to the development of English common law. But only some. English common law was a stepchild of Henry II, and a blood child of Anglo-Saxon custom - yes with some overlap with the church, but please don't overestimate that in revisionist ways. Wise King Henry realised that allowing the English to maintain their own customs/laws would be easier and more effective than imposing an alien legal system upon them; the "common" law was the effect of Henry's endeavours to establish some consistency in the laws of the land, and to subject them ultimately to his central authority. Catholicism has very little to do with it; pragmatism did. Sent at: 2008 08 21