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"Law in the sense of enforced rules of conduct is undoubtedly coeval with society; only the observance of common rules makes the peaceful existence of individuals in society possible. ... Such rules might in a sense not be known and still have to be discovered, because from 'knowing how' to act, or from being able to recognize that the acts of another did or did not conform to accepted practices, it is still a long way to being able to state such rules in words. But while it might be generally recognized that the discovery and statement of what the accepted rules were (or the articulation of rules that would be approved when acted upon) was a task requiring special wisdom, nobody yet conceived of law as something which men could make at will. It is no accident that we still use the same word 'law' for the invariable rules which govern nature and for the rules which govern men's conduct. They were both conceived at first as something existing independently of human will. ... they were regarded as eternal truths that man could try to discover but which he could not alter. To modern man, on the other hand, the belief that all law governing human action is the product of legislation appears so obvious that the contention that law is older than law-making has almost the character of a paradox. Yet there can be no doubt that law existed for ages before it occurred to man that he could make or alter it. ... A 'legislator' might endeavor to purge the law of supposed corruptions, or to restore it to its pristine purity, but it was not thought that he could make new law. The historians of law are agreed that in this respect all the famous early 'law-givers', from Ur-Nammu and Hammurabi to Solon, Lykurgus and the authors of the Roman Twelve Tables, did not intend to create new law but merely to state what law was and had always been."
— F. A. Hayek, Law, Legislation and Liberty
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Monday, 01 December 2008 14:40 |
In recent years an alarming trend has taken place in America that is continuing to destroy the social fabric of our Nation. Our lawmakers have begun making unconstitutional laws targeting hundreds of thousands of people they have deemed reprehensible through vicious propaganda. The lines between branches of government have become more blurred as Executive, Legislative, and Judicial actions appear to undermine the separation of powers principles. Together the Government and media have begun a campaign to call for the persecution and discrimination of various types of people previously convicted of crimes. Anyone who's ever dealt with our justice system knows that the truth is unimportant, and that the political agenda supersedes our civil and human rights. Our Nation is being torn apart socially, much like how the Nazis did it in Germany decades ago. Propaganda. Our government is employing the very same tactics and it seems as though everyone's rights will soon be at risk. Including law abiding citizens. The targets are currently "former" sex offenders--which statistics show are not likely to re-offend, but it wont be long before other groups are targeted for registration and restrictions under the guise of "regulation." Until you or a family member has been adversley affected by persecutory/dicriminative "regulations," you'll never know the problems they create. The idea for the sex offender registration was to list the most violent of the violent sex offenders. Now, non violent sexual offenses--including those done by children during their experimental years--are being listed on the public registries as violent sexual predators. The word predators, as applied in the case of sexual offenders is certainly a misnomer based on fallacies. People, we now live in a police state and our own representatives are responsible for it. |
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Issues -
The Issues
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Tuesday, 30 December 2008 17:30 |
There are many misconceptions about sexual offenses, sexual offense victims, and sex offenders in our society. Much has been learned about these behaviors and populations in the past decade and this information is being used to develop more effective criminal justice interventions throughout the country. This document serves to inform citizens, policy makers, and practitioners about sex offenders and their victims, addressing the facts that underlie common assumptions both true and false in this rapidly evolving field.
Myth: "Most sexual assaults are committed by strangers."
Fact: Most sexual assaults are committed by someone known to the victim or the victim's family, regardless of whether the victim is a child or an adult.Read 0 Comments... >> |
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