From: "John Hurst", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For the term 'Nula', there is no listing.
There is however, 'Nul', and 'Nulla',
with the both meaning 'no' or 'none', in the various
ways they are used in the Latin.
I presume the meaning is 'bad law is no
law'?
ET,
Apparently these are the sources of the quote;
".....The first may be found in the writings of President Adams for one. The
thought also finds expression in our Declaration of Independence, " He has
abdicated government here by declaring us out of his protection ...". A
visit to a good library that has the complete works of Jefferson, Adams,
etc. should find your desired material.
The second concept as quoted is an inheritance from the Catholics, hence
the Latin, and it was still taught in Jesuit schools in the US as late as
the 50's at least. I can't recall any source except "Right from the
Beginning" by Patrick Buchannan..."
A similar idea was expressed in the Lords debates on the Prevention of Crime
Act 1953.
Lord Soulton quoting from Lord Halsbury's Laws of England on a private
person's common law power of arrest said;
"I have always held that the preservation of the Queen's peace was the duty
of everyone of her subjects, and the police were only citizens with special
responsibilities"... "In fact, the idea that a person could not defend
himself was, in Lord Halsbury's time, unthinkable. This was not the first
time that it had been sought to make the police into a privileged class, but
the attempt had always been rejected, and I hope that it will be rejected
again"... "If the citizen was not allowed to defend himself, the Government
would have to accept responsibility for his defence, at least in public
places."
"The Government will have the sole responsibility. Are they prepared to
accept a benefit from their failure to discharge the duty they have
undertaken? If no-one is allowed to carry any sort of weapon to defend
himself or herself against the strong and armed, and defence becomes a
peculiar function of the policeman, will the relatives of the killed or
injured have a right to compensation if the Government fail in the
discharging of the duty they are undertaking? If I am wrong, then it must
be that the theory is that the Government are the shepherds of Her Majesty's
subjects, with the right to shear, kill or let die as best please
themselves."
The Lord Chancellor said that this was not a Bill tipped against the poor
person. It was designed to protect all people alike and it would give a
wrong balance to suggest that it favoured one section of the community..."
This is evidence that there is no legal authority for the present regime to
deny the RKBA.
Regards, John Hurst.
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