In a message dated 3/2/2008 3:22:18 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, geniice@gmail.com writes:
Florida and most US law is based on English common law. The role of consideration in contract law is one of the things that comes from English common law.
Most of the US (and most of the former British empire) is a common law jurisdiction.>>
--------------------- No one is disupting that, but English common law is not what's under consideration since US and Floridian law has moved far beyond the roots. What is being considered is what law we *actually* must adhere to, not that law from which it came.
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On 03/03/2008, WJhonson@aol.com WJhonson@aol.com wrote:
No one is disupting that, but English common law is not what's under consideration since US and Floridian law has moved far beyond the roots. What is being considered is what law we *actually* must adhere to, not that law from which it came.
And everything I wrote applies under that legal system. You have appear to have been confused by my statements that I was using to cover myself against accusations of not considering other legal systems.