THE BRITISH CONSTITUTION
Re-Exposing its Secrets
Trial by Jury – the basis of our original (British) legal system
Dr. William Keyte: Keynote address at a Democrats and Veterans Party Conference on 28th September 2018
This is a great video to watch if you want to understand how modern western governments function and the way in which the power of the people has been undermined over the last eight hundred odd years. It also gives clues as to the way we may be able to reinstate democracy in the face of increasing authoritarian rule. The phrase “trial by jury” is fundamental to this whole discussion.
The question posed at the beginning of this address is “Do we live in a democracy?” The premise is that the British legal system bears almost no resemblance to the constitution which is, and was intended to be, the Magna Carta of June 15th 1215 a.d. and which is based on democratic principles created through the principles of natural (“God” given) law.
He defines the term democracy as “demos” meaning the people and “kratos” meaning to rule, which is derived from the Hellenic Athenian constitution. It means government of trial by jury and maintains sovereignty of the individual citizen-juror as the final arbiter of law.
The gradual undermining of the Magna Carta has resulted in a complete inversion of the original document which places God (natural law) as the most powerful entity followed by the translation of God’s law into man’s law (common law) under which all members of society are equal. These juries were convened by judges whose only role was to coordinate the proceedings. Politicians and public servants are directly answerable to their fellow members of society and the laws created under their jurisdiction
In our modern world God has been relegated to the least powerful entity and the public service (now replaced by large corporations) are in the most powerful position followed by politicians who have enormous control which is rarely a reflection of the will of the people.
I highly recommend this one!
