Jul
28
BRIDGING THE LEGAL GAP WITH WRITS: COMMON LAW AND WRITTEN LAW COMBINED
Filed Under COMMON LAW, Declaration of Independence, FREEDOM, LEARNING THE LAW
The Declaration of Independence of July 4, 1776 did more than sever the political bands that had connected Americans with Great Britain, the mother country. Independence freed men and women in America from all government not just the British King George III.
The English common law was not something they could get rid of even if they wanted. The English common law is embedded in the language itself. The administration of the common law was not automatic, because all government power was exercised through the king.
The king controlled justice by controlling the various writs that enabled the county sheriffs to enforce common law judgments.
Today, county sheriffs enforce court orders by a writ system that causes everyone to believe the English common law is still part of the written law system. Use of the writs of possession and replevin, for example, is just a ploy to fool the legal profession that somehow English common law and written law are united.
English common law and written law are like oil and water immiscible. The government’s written law has just appropriated the common law writ nomenclature for a seamless transition from freedom to what we have today—complete government control.
Writs with funny names do not mean justice. Writs are no more than court orders to a sheriff limited to the territory owned by the United States of America. To get the whole story, enroll in the Basic Course in Law and Government, by contacting me at edrivera@edrivera.com
Dr. Eduardo M. Rivera
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