Difference between revisions of "American Independence and English Common Law"
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The foundation of Common Law was laid by the Plantagenet King Henry II in opposition to localized courts run by the Lord of the Manor and the Church. Without the Norman invasion of William the Conqueror (Henry II’s great grandfather), in which he defeated (and killed) England’s King Harold II at the Battle of Hastings in 1066, England would likely have remained in a Continental state of Baronial feudalism for another 100 years and the colonies in America would have been denied their rallying principle for independence. | The foundation of Common Law was laid by the Plantagenet King Henry II in opposition to localized courts run by the Lord of the Manor and the Church. Without the Norman invasion of William the Conqueror (Henry II’s great grandfather), in which he defeated (and killed) England’s King Harold II at the Battle of Hastings in 1066, England would likely have remained in a Continental state of Baronial feudalism for another 100 years and the colonies in America would have been denied their rallying principle for independence. | ||
| − | It | + | It is a long thread from the Battle of Hastings in 1066 to the United States Declaration of Independence in 1776. |
Revision as of 13:25, 5 December 2013
" 'Government is a conditional compact between king and people. A violation of the covenant by either party discharges the other from its obligation.' 'An Act [of Parliament] against the Constitution is void.' In these thirty words Patrick Henry and James Otis denied the divine origin of the British kingship and the legislative supremacy of the British Parliament, and substituted therefor the Common Law and the eternal rights of man." 2013/12/05 User:WikiSysop
