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> the US bill of rights was not the first to enshrine freedom of speech No, of course not. We all get our ideas from somewhere. Much of American law and concep
by maratd 14y ago
> the US bill of rights was not the first to enshrine freedom of speech
No, of course not. We all get our ideas from somewhere. Much of American law and concepts come from English common law. The English picked it up from the Romans and Germans. So on and so forth.
However, the US bill of rights is certainly the longest lasting. It is my understanding that the US constitution is the oldest constitution that is still in effect.
- pyre 14y agoWhat about the Magna Carta[1]? [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_carta http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_carta
- brc 14y agoI don't know why you got voted down because you are correct. The English common law right of free speech exists to this day and has (largely) not been supplanted. It exists in many countries that use English common law as a base. Enshrining it in a constitution was new, perhaps, but then the idea of a constitution was new. The UK still doesn't have a constitution.