> nearly a thousand years I'd guess because it's the approximate age of the reco...

schoen on June 17, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: DAOs, Hacks and the Law

> nearly a thousand years

I'd guess because it's the approximate age of the recorded English common law, which is the main basis of the American legal tradition.

(not that that is the first court or legal system in human history)