Common Law

[Tibbs735]

What do people think of using the common law (King Alfred), Declaration of rights (17th Century) as the basis for a law system in a post-collapse community, or even a pre-collapse voluntary community? I think there has been some discussion on this before. Some parts might need updating (You must worship the lord, slaves are ok etc.)

For the sake of brevity, I have condensed the 12 common laws into plain English.

I have also italicised the bits that may need updating because not everyone is religiously inclined, as well as the parts I feel need to be expanded or underlined.

Taken from the British Constitution Group's website:

no foreign prince, person, prelate, state, or potentate hath, or ought to have, any jurisdiction, power, superiority, pre-eminence, or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm.

(So it can clearly be seen that every EU treaty imposed upon us by Parliament, is unconstitutional. Here is the evidence that our present Monarch has indeed broken her Coronation Oath, by giving Royal Assent to these treaties.)

Other constitutional rights given by these contracts -

The right to bear arms
The right to petition the Sovereign
Free men cannot be imprisoned without cause
The Government cannot arrest any man because he disagrees with the Government’s policies
Habeas corpus is not to be denied
No person will be compelled to make loans to the King, and there will be no tax without the approval of Parliament
Soldiers and sailors will not be billeted on civilians
Government will not impose martial law during peacetime

1. You shall love, honor, cherish and obey the Lord your God with all your heart, mind, soul and strength and only serving obeying HIM, forsaking all others.

2. You shall not create idols or icons to worship, in the likeness of heavenly or earthly things. You shall not bow down or serve them for I am a jealous God, and I will punish as far as your third and forth generations of children for disobeying me, show mercy to thousands that love and obey me, and keep my commandments.

3. Honor your God, keep his commandments, laws, statutes, judgement, economic policy, agricultural policy and diet that He gave to YOU and your Mother, the British Nation, Israel, and your wife at Mt. Sinai and make Him proud of you.

4. You shall not commit adultery, either physically, individually, or spiritually, nationally or individually but shall be FAITHFUL to God, your word and your spouse, also NOT committing adultery nationally by following the wrong examples of other nations.

5. You shall not use the Lord's name, unless you are speaking to Him, or about Him, then you will not waste His time or insult Him.


6. Love your neighbor (not physically) as much as, or more than, you love your "Self". Then you will not do wrong, or lie, to anyone - John 15 v 13. Do not desire , or touch, anything that does not belong to you. It belongs to your neighbor, not you, and you must respect his property. Your neighbor is the person next to you and the person on the far side of the planet and everyone in between.

7. You shall not lie, even to yourself.

8. Remember the Sabbath and keep it Holy. It is not wrong to do good deeds on the Sabbath. The Sabbath was made for man. Man was not made for the Sabbath.

9. You shall not steal. Neither shall you make up your own laws to enable you to do so by deceiving people. (excessive taxation anyone?)

10. You shall not murder, that is to kill illegally. (So self defense is fine)

11. You shall love one another as much as I love you and in the same way - spiritually not physically - John 15 v 13. If you do this, ALL men will know that you are exercising and learning "Self" discipline - Discipleship.

12. Judge no-one, so that you will not be judged, for by whatever judgement you judge another, unjustly, you condemn yourself to the same punishment. Laws are the same for everyone. There are no separate Laws for he rich and for the poor.

Sorry for the wall of text.