On May 7, 2005, at 7:43 AM, Gerard Meijssen wrote:
Ray Saintonge wrote:
Jean-Baptiste Soufron wrote:
That's an awful lot to proclaim without a supporting argument. I'm interested in details of why you think so.
Well, my PhD is on the emergence of Law and I am using wikimedia and wikipedia as demonstrations for my arguments :)
But you're right, I should write something on it !
A simpler response would be to cite the clause in the statute that says this. To me a fundamental principal of law is that anything which is not specifically forbidden is allowed.
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It isn't a principle of law, the correct principle is "that which is not forbidden is allowed". The specifically changes the meaning entirely.