Liberty by Consent: Reclaiming Freedom Through the Law of Consent

Every system of rule, whether by kings, parliaments, or agencies, stands on one foundation: consent. Authority does not exist on its own. It must be given life by the people it claims to govern. When that consent is withdrawn, power collapses. This truth is as old as law itself, and yet it is the most forgotten truth in America today. Liberty by Consent is a book about remembering that foundation. It explains how rulers turn silence into agreement, how paperwork becomes a chain, and how every license, tax, and statute depends on your consent to exist. It shows that freedom is not something granted by government but something lived, daily, by the choices you make about when to agree and when to refuse. Across twelve chapters, Roger Davies takes you through the principles that separate subject from sovereign: • Why consent creates obligation, and why refusal lawfully ends it • How silence is treated as agreement, and how to rebut presumption • The lawful power of conditional acceptance: "Yes, on proof of claim" • How rulers disguise control as benefits and turn rights into privileges • The hidden contracts of subjection buried in licenses and registrations • Why taxation without agreement remains dishonor, even today • How courts gain jurisdiction only through your appearance or words • Why natural acts like travel, marriage, and trade never require permission • The role of community consent and local assemblies in true self-rule • How to live sovereignty daily, in honour, without falling into rebellion This is not a manual for defiance. It is a reminder that sovereignty is lawful. It is not about breaking rules, but about holding rulers to the rules they claim to follow. Conditional acceptance, rebuttal of presumption, and lawful notice are the tools by which men and women place themselves in honour and place claimants in dishonour. Liberty by Consent speaks to those who sense that something is wrong with the modern system. It explains why so much power depends on silence, why statutes appear to bind without contracts, and why people are trained to accept obligations they never agreed to. It calls readers to reclaim the courage of the colonists, who spoke, petitioned, and finally withdrew their consent when dishonour became unbearable. This book will challenge you to examine your own agreements. It will ask where you have given consent knowingly, where it has been presumed, and where it should be withdrawn. It will remind you that every signature, every silence, every acceptance or refusal is a choice between living as subject or sovereign. Liberty by Consent is a call to speak when silence is demanded, to stand in honour when presumption is forced upon you, and to live by the maxim that has guided justice for centuries: consent makes the law. The Spirit of 1776 was not rebellion for its own sake. It was the refusal to be bound by obligations never agreed to. That spirit is still alive wherever men and women say no to dishonour and place their refusals on record. This book is for those who are ready to live that spirit today.