Peter Jones

Ancient & modern | 12 January 2008

One moment laws against ‘religious hatred’, the next against smoking in cars, now mobile phones. What next?

One moment laws against ‘religious hatred’, the next against smoking in cars, now mobile phones. What next?

But then, law-making has been expanding ever since the Romans drew up their XII Tables, c. 450 bc, which were themselves originally a mere X until they decided they needed II more.

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