To be fair, like 5% of the magna carta still carries weight as law today. The main framework of UK law doesn't come from the magna carta anymore. > You haven'

To be fair, like 5% of the magna carta still carries weight as law today. The main framework of UK law doesn't come from the magna carta anymore. > You haven't even changed regime yet. Only every been a republic Right I think that's literally the point that GP was making? The US main legal framework is the same one from 250 years ago, which is not the case for the vast majority of Europe et al. Which leads to some weird interactions, and in some people's minds a lot of anachronisms. Like you gotta deal with the law written by armed revolutionaries protecting the right to own cannons and warships and whatnot (which continued pretty well into the 1800s), with the modern day of like.... maybe not allowing private ownership of 127mm naval guns or JDAMs.