Posted by Jock on April 16, 2007 at 22:27:54 from 87.105.81.146 user Jock.
In Reply to: Re: Netiquette (a Moral Framework for the Internet) posted by Peter Roche on April 16, 2007 at 07:36:01:
our legal system of Common Law is based partly on local laws which over years became established practices
It would be more appropriate to say that English Common Law is based on established practice which gradually assumed the status of law.