2min chapter

The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg cover image

Neverending Stories

The Remnant with Jonah Goldberg

CHAPTER

The Importance of Common Law

Friedrich Hayek considered common law superior to statutory law. He believed that law was largely a thing to be discovered through investigation and the application of reason, not constructed in the air of abstraction. The benefit of judge made law historically is that it was generated over time by specific cases involving flesh and blood plaintiffs and defendants who are trying to work out real world problems.

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode