Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bilow who wrote (26922)	4/24/2002 11:40:05 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

If the standard by which we judge law itself is predictability and consistency, ancient law was quite admirable. The Code of Hammurabi, for example, while draconian in its punishments, was nevertheless quite consistent and predictable, two of the hallmarks of due process. It's quite incredible, really. yale.edu The point, of course, was to regulate human behavior according to objective standards, rather than letting man deal with man without restraint by social bonds. I think it is one of the highest functions of mankind.