I think it would be very difficult to answer a question like 'Does a country have adequate laws' unless you knew the laws of your subject country inside and out. And you'd need to explain just what you mean by 'adequate'.
Now if you are talking about laws which are over 300 years old, dated and no longer applicable then yes I would have to say that such laws do exist in most countries. I understand that in York it was until very recently legal to slay a Scottsman with a bow and arrow within the city walls after a certain time of day. Maybe such a law would have been useful when the Scotts were marching south into England and we were at War, but certainly not today. Addmitedly this is a rather extreme example, but I'm sure there are others.
There are also pointless laws made which are made as stop gap solutions to prevent particular events. I understand this happens in the US rather a lot, with a state having blooper law declaring it illegal to drive by shoot a whale on a sunday. I'm 90% sure such a law was made for legitimate reasons at the time, but i've never agreed with this 'custom laws' to begin with and such actions are now made illegal under other laws.
As for 'adequate' I suppose that's really up to you? The question is would you rather your nation leaned more towards fewer laws which can provide loopholes for criminals, or more laws leading towrads a bogged down authoritarian state, like what is happening in the US at the moment.
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