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  2. Common law - Wikipedia

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    In the jurisdictions of England and Wales and of Northern Ireland, since 2009, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom has the authority to overrule and unify criminal law decisions of lower courts; it is the final court of appeal for civil law cases in all three of the UK jurisdictions, but not for criminal law cases in Scotland, where the ...

  3. Law of New York (state) - Wikipedia

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    Pursuant to the state constitution, the New York State Legislature has enacted legislation, called chapter laws or slip laws when printed separately. [2] [3] [4] The bills and concurrent resolutions proposing amendments to the state or federal constitutions of each legislative session are called session laws and published in the official Laws of New York.

  4. Consideration under American law - Wikipedia

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    1 Specific to common law jurisdictions; 2 Specific to civil and mixed law jurisdictions; 3 Historically restricted in common law jurisdictions but generally accepted elsewhere; availability varies between contemporary common law jurisdictions; 4 Specific to the German Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch and other civil codes based on the pandectist tradition

  5. Civil law (legal system) - Wikipedia

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    Civil law is sometimes referred to as neo-Roman law, Romano-Germanic law or Continental law. The expression "civil law" is a translation of Latin jus civile, or "citizens' law", which was the late imperial term for its legal system, as opposed to the laws governing conquered peoples (jus gentium); hence, the Justinian Code's title Corpus Juris Civilis.

  6. List of national legal systems - Wikipedia

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    The doctrine of stare decisis, also known as case law or precedent by courts, is the major difference to codified civil law systems. Common law is practiced in Canada (excluding Quebec), Australia, New Zealand, most of the United Kingdom (England, Wales, and Northern Ireland), South Africa, Ireland, India (excluding Goa and Puducherry), [27 ...

  7. Codification (law) - Wikipedia

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    Codification is one of the defining features of civil law jurisdictions. [contradictory] In common law systems, such as that of English law, codification is the process of converting and consolidating judge-made law or uncodified statutes enacted by the legislature into statute law. [1] [2] [3]

  8. New York Supreme Court - Wikipedia

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    The Supreme Court of the State of New York is the trial-level court of general jurisdiction in the judiciary of New York.It is vested with unlimited civil and criminal jurisdiction, although in many counties outside New York City it acts primarily as a court of civil jurisdiction, with most criminal matters handled in County Court.

  9. Portal:Law - Wikipedia

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    Legal systems vary between jurisdictions, with their differences analysed in comparative law. In civil law jurisdictions, a legislature or other central body codifies and consolidates the law. In common law systems, judges may make binding case law through precedent, although on occasion this may be overturned by a higher court or the legislature.