Ancient and modern

Britain’s fight with European law goes back 750 years

The EU is undoing an approach pursued since the days of Henry III

30 April 2016

9:00 AM

30 April 2016

9:00 AM

It is no surprise that the laws imposed on the UK by a European parliament in Brussels should so infuriate the ‘Leave’ campaign. England has form here going back 750 years.

Roman law has been one of the wonders of the world since its codification in the Twelve Tables (449 BC). But it is not the laws themselves that are the real point.

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