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2. Common law - Wikipedia

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   Common law (also known as judicial precedent, judge-made law, or case law) is the body of law primarily developed through judicial decisions rather than statutes. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Although common law may incorporate certain statutes , it is largely based on precedent —judicial rulings made in previous similar cases. [ 4 ]

3. Casebook method - Wikipedia

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   To set up the casebook method of law study, American law professors traditionally collect the most illustrative cases concerning a particular area of the law in special textbooks called casebooks. Some professors heavily edit cases down to the most important paragraphs, while deleting nearly all citations and paraphrasing everything else; a few ...

4. Earl of Oxford's case - Wikipedia

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   Earl of Oxford's case (1615) 21 ER 485 is a foundational case for the common law world, that held equity (equitable principle) takes precedence over the common law.. The Lord Chancellor held: "The Cause why there is Chancery is, for that Mens Actions are so divers[e] and infinite, that it is impossible to make any general Law which may aptly meet with every particular Act, and not fail in some ...

5. United Kingdom constitutional law - Wikipedia

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   At the turn of the 18th century, Lord Holt CJ saw international law as a general tool for interpreting the common law, [141] and Lord Mansfield affirmed that the international lex mercatoria "is not the law of a particular country but the law of all nations", [142] and "the law of merchants and the law of the land is the same". [143]

6. Category:Common law rules - Wikipedia

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   Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; Appearance. move to sidebar hide. ... Rules found in common law. Pages in category "Common law rules"

7. Federal common law - Wikipedia

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   Federal common law is a term of United States law used to describe common law that is developed by the federal courts, instead of by the courts of the various states. Ever since Louis Brandeis , writing for the Supreme Court of the United States in Erie Railroad v.

8. Civil law (common law) - Wikipedia

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   Civil law may, like criminal law, be divided into substantive law and procedural law. [5] The rights and duties of persons (natural persons and legal persons) amongst themselves is the primary concern of civil law. [6] [7] The common law is today as fertile a source for theoretical inquiry as it has ever been. Around the English-speaking world ...

9. Bailment - Wikipedia

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   Bailment is a legal relationship in common law, where the owner transfers physical possession of personal property ("chattel") for a time, but retains ownership. [1] The owner who surrenders custody of a property is called the "bailor" and the individual who accepts the property is called a "bailee". [2]