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Books on: "common law"

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Southern Cross: Civil Law and Common Law in South Africa

Book by Reinhard Zimmermann, Daniel Visser; Clarendon Press, 1996

Subjects:

Common Law--South Africa--History, Roman-Dutch Law--South Africa--History

Collections: Entire Library

This work provides a history of the main institutions of South African private law, as well as exploring the process through which the integration of English common law and continental civil law was achieved in that jurisdiction. It is a first stepping stone in the writing of the history of private law in South Africa.
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Commercial Bail Bonding: A Comparison of Common Law Alternatives

Book by F. E. Devine; Praeger Publishers, 1991

Subjects:

Bail, Common Law

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Devine argues persuasively for alternatives to the American commercial bail bonding system in this comprehensive, international comparison of bail. He shows how 15 countries of common-law heritage condemn the American approach to pre-trial release and have developed effective alternatives. The only ...
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Devine argues persuasively for alternatives to the American commercial bail bonding system in this comprehensive, international comparison of bail. He shows how 15 countries of common-law heritage condemn the American approach to pre-trial release and have developed effective alternatives. The only comparative analysis of its kind, this book is valuable to scholars of criminal justice, criminology, comparative law, political science, and sociology, as well as to criminal justice reformers and professionals.
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Leading Cases in the Common Law

Book by A. W. Brian Simpson; Oxford University Press, 1996

Subjects:

Common Law--Great Britain--Cases, Common Law--United States--Cases

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This book offers a collection of essays by arguably the most popular legal historian writing today. Most of the essays have not been previously published, and those which have appeared previously have been re-written to make the collection read more coherently. The collection is centred upon the ...
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This book offers a collection of essays by arguably the most popular legal historian writing today. Most of the essays have not been previously published, and those which have appeared previously have been re-written to make the collection read more coherently. The collection is centred upon the theme of the leading case - a case where the judgment has established a long-lasting or far reaching precedent in common law, and the author has selected a number of these cases in order to illustrate how the precedents established by the cases have little or nothing to do with the trials themselves.
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The Common Law

Book by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.; Little, Brown, 1923

Subjects:

Common Law

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THE COMMON LAW THE COMMON LAW BY OLIVER WENDELL JR. HOLMES Late Justice of the Supreme Court...18 . -- E. Anglo- Saxon Law , 18 , 19 . -- F. The Common Law: a. Master and Servant , 19 , 20 ; b. Animals , 20...
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The Spirit of the Common Law

Book by Roscoe Pound; Marshall Jones, 1921

Subjects:

Common Law, Law--History, Law--United States--History

Collections: Entire Library

...Foundation SEASON OF 1921 THE SPIRIT OF THE COMMON LAW THE SPIRIT OF THE COMMON LAW BY ROSCOE POUND CARTER PROFESSOR OF JURISPRUDENCE...all of these this book on, " The Spirit of the Common Law " from the hands of Dean Pound will be of major...

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Journal Articles on: "common law"

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Evidence Myopia: The Failure to See the Federal Rules of Evidence as a Codification of the Common Law

Journal article by Glen Weissenberger; William and Mary Law Review, Vol. 40, 1999

Subjects:

Common law--Influence, Evidence (Law)--Philosophy, Federal Rules of Evidence, Law--Interpretation and construction

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...Evidence as a codification of the common law. by Glen Weissenberger...Rules as a process of codifying the common law. The remainder of the Article seeks...Evidence as a codification of the common law. I. ARE THE FEDERAL RULES OF EVIDENCE...
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Birthright Citizenship in the United Kingdom and the United States: A Comparative Analysis of the Common Law Basis for Granting Citizenship to Children Born of Illegal Immigrants

Journal article by Michael Robert W. Houston; Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, Vol. 33, 2000

Subjects:

Children of alien laborers--Laws, regulations, etc., Citizenship--Laws, regulations, etc., Common law--Interpretation and construction

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...States: a comparative analysis of the common law basis for granting citizenship to...Robert W. Houston ABSTRACT The common law concept of territorial birthright...citizenship, however, has shifted from its common law basis and now focuses on whether...
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The Common Law of Mexican Law in Texas Courts

Journal article by Carlos R. Soltero, Amy Clark-Meachum; Houston Journal of International Law, Vol. 26, 2003

Subjects:

Common law--Usage, Conflict of laws--Analysis, Conflict of laws--Interpretation and construction, Diversity jurisdiction--Laws, regulations and rules

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The Common Law of Mexican Law in Texas Courts...SUBSTANTIVE MEXICAN LAW AS PART OF THE COMMON LAW OF TEXAS...2) Texas adopted the English common law and repealed certain Mexican laws...
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When Good Lockeans Go Bad: Common Law Courts, the Classical Liberal Tradition, and to the Modern Administrative State *

Journal article by Daniel Levin; Polity, Vol. 34, 2001

Subjects:

Common law--Interpretation and construction, Constitutional law--Interpretation and construction, Liberalism--Analysis, Locke, John--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Representative government and representation--Moral and ethical aspects

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When good Lockeans go bad: common law courts, the classical liberal tradition...surprisingly literal fashion, convening "common law courts" to consider charges of government...they often rely on a version of common law associated with William Blackstone...
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On the Meaning of Congressional Silence: Using Federal Common Law to Fill the Gap in Congress's Residual Statute of Limitations

Journal article by Abner J. Mikva, James E. Pfander; Yale Law Journal, Vol. 107, 1997

Subjects:

Common law--Interpretation and construction, Judicial Improvements Act of 1990--28 U.S.C. 1658, Limitation of actions--Laws, regulations, etc.

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...congressional silence: using federal common law to fill the gap in Congresss residual...flexible process of making federal common law. Federal courts should modify the relevant body of federal common law to establish a rule of presumptive...

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Magazine Articles on: "common law"

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Common Sense and Common Law

Magazine article by Robert F. Nagel; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, February 2004

Subjects:

Common-Law Liberty: Rethinking American Constitutionalism (Book)

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

Common Sense and Common Law. by Robert F. Nagel COMMON-LAW LIBERTY : RETHINKING AMERICAN CONSITITIONALISM. By JAMES...Kansas. 208 pp. $29.95. FOR MOST PEOPLE the term "common law" summons up quaint images of wigged British judges and...
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The Organic and Moral Elements in the American Consitution - the Constitution Is a Product of Colonial Experience under British Common Law and Other Historic Traditions

Magazine article by Paul Johnson; World and I, Vol. 18, February 2003

Subjects:

Constitutional interpretation, Constitutional law--Analysis, Constitutional law--Ethical aspects, Constitutional law--History, Constitutional law--Interpretation and construction, Constitutions--Ethical aspects, Constitutions--Interpretation and construction, Constitutions--Terminology, Jacksonian democracy, United States Constitution

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...Colonial Experience under British Common Law and Other Historic Traditions...element, however, was the English common law tradition and its use by English...court decisions interpreting the common law. The men of Massachusetts wrote to...
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British Common Law under Attack

Magazine article; The New American, Vol. 18, August 12, 2002

Subjects:

Civil rights--Laws, regulations and rules, Parties to actions--Civil rights, United Kingdom--Laws, regulations and rules, Violent crimes--Political aspects

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British Common Law under Attack. The recent upsurge in violent crime suffered by citizens...outright, rights and guarantees cherished for centuries under British common law. On July 17th, British Home Secretary David Blunkett, whose office...
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Law in the Telecosm

Magazine article by Peter W. Huber; National Review, Vol. 49, July 28, 1997

Subjects:

Broadcasting industry--Laws, regulations and rules, Common law--History, Law--Methods

Collections: Entire Library

...up: law built by adjudication in common-law courts. One kind of law occupies...the courts, as a pure product of common law, or under short, general mandates...in spectrum, relying on familiar, common-law principles developed over the centuries...
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When Criminal Rights Go Wrong; Forget Liberal. Forget Conservative. Think Common Sense

Magazine article by Paul Savoy; Washington Monthly, Vol. 21, December 1989

Subjects:

Common law--Receivers and reception, Criminal justice, Administration of--Analysis, Criminal law--Interpretation and construction, Criminals--Laws, regulations, etc.

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...overzealous law enforcement officers. Common law, common sense In 1763, the Chief...18th-century work on the English common law of liberty to the American Law Institutes...confirm the conclusion that under common law, an arrest, even though made without...

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Newspaper Articles on: "common law"

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Colorado Loophole Lets Teens Marry; Common Law Trumps Statute

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, June 18, 2006

Subjects:

Marriage, Teenagers, Youth

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Colorado Loophole Lets Teens Marry; Common Law Trumps Statute. Byline: Valerie...Twelve-year-old girls are free to enter into a common-law marriage with 14-year-old boys or...alike Thursday when it ruled that common law trumps state statute when it comes...
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Common-Law Wife Wins Share of Ex-Lover's House

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), May 24, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Common-Law Wife Wins Share of Ex-Lovers House. Byline: PATRICK SAWER A WOMAN...running the household. Ms Oxley, 51, said: "The law doesnt recognise the term common-law wife when it comes to money. My case will prevent other women enduring...
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My Victory for the Common-Law Wives Left with Nothing; Landmark Ruling Gives Ex-Partner 40 per Cent Share of House

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), May 25, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

My Victory for the Common-Law Wives Left with Nothing; Landmark Ruling Gives Ex-Partner 40 per...victory over profits from the sale of the house she shared with her common law husband for ten years. Elayne Oxley, 51, won the right to 40 per...
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Writing a New Right into the Common Law

Newspaper article by Wesley Pruden; The Washington Times, February 12, 1999

Subjects:

Blumenthal, Sidney

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Writing a new right into the common law by Wesley Pruden All right, class, to the blackboard...themselves are writing this new civic responsibility into the common law of the land. What other explanation could there be to the rush...
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`Courts of Common Law' Punish with Phony Paper: `Patriot' Movement Has Fooled Many

Newspaper article by Valerie Richardson; The Washington Times, August 12, 1996

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

`Courts of common law punish with phony paper: `Patriot movement...legal system known as the "courts of common law." Known as the judicial wing of the...They live in a mythical world of common law, which only they can interpret," said...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: "common law"

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Common Law

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

COMMON LAW system of law that prevails in England...manorial courts. In its early development common law was largely a product of three English courts...distinctive body of doctrine. The term "common law" is also used to mean the traditional, precedent-based...
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Common-Law Marriage

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

COMMON-LAW MARRIAGE see under husband and wife . ____________________ The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Copyright 2007, Columbia University Press. Licensed from Lernout Hauspie Speech Products N.V. All rights reserved.
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Burglary

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

BURGLARY at common law , the breaking and entering of a dwelling...various states of the United States. At common law burglary is primarily an offense against...burglary to action at night, as the common law does. Burglary under common law requires...
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Civil Law

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Roman law , as distinguished from common law . Civil law is based on written legal...legislation, edicts, and the like; common law is based on the precedents created...by England and apply the system of common law prevailing there. In general usage...
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Equity

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...from the older system that the common law courts evolved. One of the earliest...court of chancery in rivalry with the common law. In the 17th cent. it was definitely...to jurisdiction that the courts of common law disputed. The early chancellors purported...

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