In law, as with any science, there exists certain fundamental principles which form its basis and to which reference most frequently made in its application. Fundamental principles in law are referred to as “Maxims of Law.” Sir William Blackstone says they are “somewhat
like axioms in geometry.”
Certain maxims of law have prevailed throughout recorded history. They can be found in the old English Common Law, in the ancient Roman and Greek law, and can be found in the Bible as well. These maxims of law are so manifestly found on reason, necessity, logic and Divine
order, that they have been universally accepted as being true rules and principles of law they thus have become a part of the general customs and common law of the land of every civilized nation.
In describing the established Maxims of Law, Sir Edward Coke, a leading English authority on the law, stated:
“a maxim is so-called because its dignity is chiefest, and its authority the most certain, and because it is universally approved by all.
Perhaps the most renowned work on law is Coke’s four Institutes in which Coke supported his legal dissertations with maxim of law. In 1814, Thomas Jefferson wrote to Dr. Thomas Cooper regarding law and Coke’s Institute stating:
“This work is executed with so much learning and judgment, that I do not recollect a single position in it has ever been judicially denied… It may still be considered as the final mental code of the English
law.”
In a letter to Darbney Terrell, Esq., in 1821, Thomas Jefferson made this recommendation:
“You mentioned to me your intention of studying the law, and asked my opinion as sufficient course of reading … First, begin with Coke’s four Institutes.”
John Rutledge, a signer of the U.S. Constitution at the Constitution convention, remarked that:
“In regard to particular law books — Coke’s Institutes seem to be almost the foundation of our law.”
If we failed to understand the fundamental principles of law, then there is no and which we can be misled or deceived about what is right and what is wrong. Such people could easily become subject to government encroachments or be maneuvered into surrendering their rights.
This is so because the law governs all event and things that concern our lives. Clearly, a failure to have a practical understanding of the Maxim of Law could lead to grievous errors in our action, no less so than the errors resulting one’s ignorance in the principles of any other science.
My intention is put together a challenge to an invalid presentment. Like so many other people who make challenges to the government’s presentment they make challenges showing how much they know, in lieu of, making simple challenges using the foundational principles of our
laws.
More to come like how to use these fundamental principles when dealing with an agent.
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