just like the native american indians.....I strongly believe so. Think about this....it would get rid of corrupt lawyers, judges, and cops. Criminals would not exist since being persecuted by one's own communtiy would be even worse. We can even go as so far as to say that felony offenses would be punishable by death. Who would steal if theiir arms would be chopped off. or who would rape if they would get castrated. I personally find that all lawyers, cops, and judges are dishonest and greedy, and are all destroying humanity. I would rather let my daughter date a felon than letting her be friends with either a lawyer or a cop.
2006-07-05 23:24:01 · 7 answers · asked by chris 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
First off, having no written laws does not mean that there would be no lawyers, judges and cops.
For example, in England, for a while, there was no written law. All decisions were made based on prior decisions of the court so called "common law"[1]. However, number of judges, cops and lawyers was ever-growing.
Also, in England all felonies were punishable by death.
Funny thing though, the square where the people were executed, was a PRIME place for pickpockets, even though pickpocketing was a felony.
So in conclusion, i wish we can fix our judicial system by just eliminating written law -- it has been tried before, and it is not so easy.
2006-07-06 04:17:05 · answer #1 · answered by hq3 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are completely missing the point.
Firstly. get you facts straight, Native Americans (Not Native American Indians, that defies the point really) did have there own version of law and order. Read a book!
You assume all lawyers, judges, and cops are corrupt. That is a pigheaded statement and I'm sure you'll realize that someday when you see why.
Those punishments fall under cruel and unusual punishment, capital punishment is already so controversial.
You need to learn a lot more about life and the law before you just go and run your mouth about what you don't even understand.
If we didn't have a law system, we would wipe one and another off the face of the earth truthfully.
2006-07-05 23:34:34 · answer #2 · answered by austintheprofoundway 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not if you want consistency...
I see your point about the corruption that exists. But do you think you could just sit idly by and watch another city or state treat their citizens inhumanely, even though in yours people are treated with more respect and dignity?
If your answer is something like "fine by me as long as I'm not getting screwed", then you can safely say your line of thinking places you below the lawyer on the totem pole.
2006-07-05 23:37:07 · answer #3 · answered by SirCharles 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
But who is to judge what individual stole, raped or whatever crime? How would you find the individual? Who would do the punishing? Eventually these jobs would fall to a certain group of people and the system would redevelop into some form of what we have now. So no it wouldn't be practical.
2006-07-05 23:46:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
think the ten commands are good enough, if we are willingly to follow them.
The more laws, the worse society, a Chinese philosopher once wrote.
Our lifetime is very short, and to collect money, land et cetera is not a good idea, as we can’t take it with us when we are leaving earth. Meanwhile many people are living under conditions of starvation.
2006-07-06 00:46:36 · answer #5 · answered by Realname: Robert Siikiniemi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
do u think u live in the old west. everybody can go around shooting everyone who stands in their way. prostitution, gambling, drugs and whatever else would be rampant. there are crooked people everywhere not just lawyers, cops, judges.maybe, the community should get together and get rid of the crooked people that are in government.
2006-07-05 23:36:04 · answer #6 · answered by koifishlady 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How would municipalities make their money? I agree something has to give somewhere, but I'm not sure vigilantism is the answer either.
2006-07-05 23:28:17 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋