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Jan 17, 2021Liked by Christopher Brown

I keep thinking that someday I'd love to chat with you about Brehon Law (the law of the non-Roman, anti-Norman Irish), which I delved into when I was doing research in the Republic. I'm sure you'd raise some intriguing questions...

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I would love that!

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I don't know if this helps, but Melville's commentary on British law regarding whales as property, makes me wonder if anything has changed in the intervening years:

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2701/2701-h/2701-h.htm#link2HCH0090

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