The epoch of Customary Law, and of its custody by a privileged order, is a very remarkable one.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Custom, that unwritten law, By which the people keep even kings in awe.
Government itself is founded upon the great doctrine of the consent of the governed, and has its cornerstone in the memorable principle that men are endowed with inalienable rights.
It is a dark, unspoken truth that the powerful - the 'ruling class' - make up the rules as they go along.
The law is very special to me.
Laws are subordinate to custom.
Britain's legal structure is basically the same as in feudal times: laws are written for the elite.
It is an axiom, enforced by all the experience of the ages, that they who rule industrially will rule politically.
Every generation gets the Constitution that it deserves. As the central preoccupations of an era make their way into the legal system, the Supreme Court eventually weighs in, and nine lawyers in robes become oracles of our national identity.
After an existence of nearly 20 years of almost innocuous desuetude, these laws are brought forth.
Our ideals, laws and customs should be based on the proposition that each generation in turn becomes the custodian rather than the absolute owner of our resources - and each generation has the obligation to pass this inheritance on in the future.