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Not all laws are written, nor do they need to be to be enforced. Robbery was made illegal under common law (in the US, UK, and other common law countries) befor
by stult 8y ago
Not all laws are written, nor do they need to be to be enforced. Robbery was made illegal under common law (in the US, UK, and other common law countries) before it was ever codified or written down, for example. So yes, we actually did jail bank robbers for breaking unwritten laws (although they've since been written down).
- chillacy 8y agoInteresting. While I know people could be jailed for most of history for basically no reason, I assumed civilization was collectively moving away from that. It seems to things more predictable if the law is on the books. Do you find my assessment is incorrect when I say that this is the state of US law today in my original reply?