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- From: nagle@netcom.com (John Nagle)
- Subject: Re: why has statutory law been replacing common law?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan1.181255.1392@netcom.com>
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- References: <RJC.92Dec31131132@devo.unify.com> <1993Jan1.082254.28870@panix.com>
- Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 18:12:55 GMT
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- lkk@panix.com (Larry Kolodney) writes:
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- >In <RJC.92Dec31131132@devo.unify.com> rjc@devo.unify.com (Ronald Cole) writes:
- >> "All ... engagements entered into, before the adoption of this
- >> Constitution, shall be as valid against the United States under
- >> this Constitution, as under the Confederation."
- >>Doesn't this mean that the Magna Carta still has force of law through
- >>the 14th Amendment?
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- No, it means the United States agreed to pay the debts incurred
- by the Continental Congress in funding the Revolutionary War. This
- started the United States off with a good credit rating, rather than
- angering everybody who had supported the war financially.
-
- John Nagle
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