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Article 9: What It Does Not Do for the Future
Gilmore, Grant
Gilmore, Grant
Abstract
On a purely formal level any system of law is complete. Answers will be provided for any questions that can be asked. On a more meaningful level, no system of law, codified or uncodified, is much more than what Justice Holmes, referring to the maritime law, once called "a limited body of customs and ordinances." The law deals with the real problems that real people have today - not with the problems our fathers had yesterday, not with the problems our children may have tomorrow. Law reflects what exists; it does not create, shape, or change. It is a mirror; what is not before the glass is not there. Thus it is nonsense to talk about a law of outer space, world peace through law, and things like that.