Blackstone wrote about common law, which is based on the very pagan Anglo-Saxon law brought to England by Vikings and other Germanic invaders/visitors (some were actually invited).
>From the Wiki article on him: " Sir William Blackstone (10 July 1723 14 February 1780) was an English judge, jurist and professor who produced the historical and analytic treatise on the common law entitled Commentaries on the Laws of England, first published in four volumes over 17651769. It had an extraordinary success, reportedly bringing the author £14,000, and still remains an important source on classical views of the common law and its principles." And " The four volumes of the Commentaries, first published between 1765 and 1769 in Oxford and first issued in an American edition in 1771, won instant recognition for their able synthesis of the often bewildering doctrines that made up the common law and for their elegant writing style. Leading American attorneys who first learned their law by reading Blackstone include Alexander Hamilton and Abraham Lincoln. Thomas Jefferson at first admired Blackstone's learning and eloquence, but later denounced his treatise as "honeyed Mansfieldism," a reference to the great conservative English jurist Lord Mansfield." Eric -----Original Message----- From: Sam [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2010 12:26 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Israel attacks and kills peace activists in international waters. Didn't the founding fathers use Sir William Blackstone's work as the foundation of the constitution? Since Blackstone based his writings on Judeo-Christian principles we can say there's a connection. On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 1:12 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> What this means is that, yes, we have a Christian stone or three in the foundation of this nation. That's a big difference from being 'built on Christianity'. > > Exactly ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:320715 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
