You can understand almost anything if it is explained well. These words are from Richard J. Maybury, who sums up very succintly something I have been trying to express for several years. Much of this book is like that, a reaffirmation of things I have already known, or in some cases, statements which immediately ring true. The book concerns itself primarily with the difference between common law and political law, showing that as America has turned from common law, it has begun a downward decline.
Common law is scientific law, so instead of being made , it is discovered .
He believes that the basis for common law can be summed up into seventeen words, and that these two laws can be agreed upon by every major religion and moral group in the world. Do all you have agreed to do, and Do not encroach on other person or their property. The author does delve into some of the issues that are more complex than these laws allow for, but points out that even so, we would be closer to an answer with a system of law based on those laws than we are now. Another basic point of common law is that when a crime is committed, the offender owes a debt to the person who is affected by the crime. He then points out that taxes are taken by force, and so are not free trade.