To pah
Blackstone's discussion of the law goes into great detail about how English Common Law came into existence, and there can be a lot of discussion of how law has changed from God's law of the Old Testament, to English Common law. However, I return to what Blackstone said.
"THIS law of nature, being co-eval with mankind and dictated by God himself, is of course superior in obligation to any other. It is binding over all the globe, in all countries, and at all times: no human laws are of any validity, if contrary to this; and such of them as are valid derive all their force, and all their authority, mediately or immediately, from this original."
The key point here is that law was dictated by God himself, it is superior to all other law, and that no laws contrary to the laws dictated by God are valid.
There have been many sets of laws. God's law of the Old Testament was valid law, but the punishment was death in order to keep the purity of the society. Christ's law of the New Testament was intended to prevent the individual from ever getting to the point of violation of God's law by the Holy Spirit directing the individual. God's law and Christ's law are not different and may be considered as Christian law. For the Christian, the punishment of God's law is irrelevant, for the atheist, God's law and punishment is applicable.
Romans 8:2-6 says, "For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law could not do, in that is was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin the flesh: That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the thing of the Spirit. For the carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace".
Because men refuse the follow God, there is a definite attempt to discredit and eliminate Christian law from existence. That is why you see Blackstone showing the degeneration of the law, but reminding everyone that no laws contrary to the laws dictated by God are valid.
The attempt to eliminate Christian law is now at the stage where the American judicial system is legalizing pornography, abortion and homosexuality.
No Christian should vote for any democrat because of the democratic party support of abortion and homosexuality.