i did not previously know the role that francis bacon played in developing the common law of conquest, as it was used in canada, and elsewhere in the british empire. i was taught the common law of conquest in a 3rd year university course on indigenous law in the process of getting my third degree at carleton, in sociology of law. they put down the law in a textbook format, attributed it to blackstone, stated it, said it was based on roman law, and didn't get much more into it than that.

so i just learned something, myself.