At 23:16 -0600 on 3/21/01, Jim Choate wrote:
That the one place 'common law' is mentioned in the Constitution it is in direct conflict with contemporanious English common law?
That sounds to me like they we're basicly satisfied with the rest of english common law...
Amendment VII
In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise reexamined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.
This brought to mind another interesting question. When examining this amendment is the $20 in 1700's coinage or in current dollars? How much would that $20 be worth today anyway? -- ____________________________________________________________________ volatile: Because all programs deserve SOME interrupt code... ____________________________________________________________________ Kevin "The Cubbie" Elliott mailto:kelliott@mac.com ICQ#23758827