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For questions related to how and why law has evolved over time.
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On what basis is every Englishman presumed to know the laws of his country?
James Bigg, Esq. published his Criminal Law Consolidation (from which the “legal axiom” of the question is quoted) in 1865. At that time, the general view of England’s common law system was that it wa …
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