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HMSScamander | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 What we’re dealing with here is a total lack of respect for the law
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The Beave | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 God's law, yes.

(you can argue that as "natural law" if you prefer...)
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HMSScamander | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +3 
 English Common Law. As disregarded by decades of UK governments.
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The Beave | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Here, too. 

Yup.
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Laeserin | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 There are only the quick and the dead.
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HMSScamander | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Not dead yet
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Laeserin | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 There is only Higher Law and The Competition.

https://media.tenor.com/poJ384GwxcoAAAAC/because-fuck-them-why.gif
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HMSScamander | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 English common law and the law of God. Not terribly dissimilar.
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Laeserin | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 We will soon be able to ask Alexandria to tell us precisely how dissimilar they are.