Law is from everlasting.

Explanation

The common law is not a legislative creation but a reflection of eternal principles of justice; no parliament or legislature can claim to have invented rights that pre-exist all positive enactment.

Where this applies

• A legislature claims the authority to define what rights the people possess, but the court holds that the common-law rights of the people predate any legislature and were not created by statute.
• A government argues that a right not mentioned in the constitution does not exist, but the court finds that fundamental rights are eternal principles that no positive law created and no positive law can destroy.
• An official argues that the people's right to travel freely is merely a statutory privilege, but the court holds that the right predates all legislation and exists from everlasting.