# Understanding Common Law (with John Hasnas)

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/free-thoughts/understanding-common-law-with-john-hasnas>

**By** John Hasnas, Trevor Burrus, Aaron Ross Powell

**Published:** March 30, 2018

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John Hasnas joins us this week to discuss the evolutionary process of common law.

John Hasnas joins us this week to discuss the evolutionary process of common law. What is common law? Is it a completely random process? If common law is so great, why is there so much legislation?

### Further Readings/References:

More about [John Hasnas](https://www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/hasnas-john.cfm)

[“Common Law” - The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism.org](https://www.libertarianism.org/encyclopedia/common-law)

[Natural Law: Origins of Common Law](https://www.libertarianism.org/videos/natural-law-origins-common-law)