We‘re ALL slowly figuring out via trial & error in kangaroo courts of social media why non-kangaroo courts have: Presumption of innocence Right to face one’s accuser Right to be represented Evidentiary admissibility standards Rights to remain silent Statutes of limitations Etc..
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Replying to @EricRWeinstein @NickSzabo4
Modern legal systems were built from the knowledge of centuries of trial and error. Ignoring this has unintended consequences.
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Common law, mostly yes, legislation and regulation, mostly no. Much of the modern statutory and regulatory books are destructive, enforced with very little regard to large indirect consequences.
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Replying to @NickSzabo4 @luis_branger and
It takes into account only what would control the majority. Modern law is the Roman law, or its modernization.
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The traditional Roman law and its various codifications -- or at least the parts of it that have remained relatively constant over the centuries -- I'd include in highly evolved law along with the English-origin common law.
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