Though Idaho is no longer considered a "common-law" state with regard to domestic situations, i.e. regarding the determination of marital status and on other issues it is legitimately still very demonstrative of common law history, a fact that can be attested to by the ability of a single do-gooder to choose to enforce a law that was previously ignored. Other issues, such as common property, among domestic partners, are a later adoption of a common law practice, in Idaho. For the most part it makes sense that legal situations in low population areas could and possibly still should be decided by legal prescience as well as the foundations of common law, in which lies the desire to create and enforce laws that are reflective of the common people and their beliefs and standards at any given time. Changes to the Idaho statute on Rape could include more specific sentencing regulations, a trend associated with a national movement for minimum mandatory sentencing, but many would argue against such action.
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