Search results for: “common laws”
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Common Pleas
The Legal History of Common PleasThis section provides an overview of Common Pleas ResourcesSee AlsoLegal Biography Legal Traditions Historical Laws History of Law Further Reading Common Pleas in the Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History (Oxford University Press) The Oxford […]
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Poor Laws
The Legal History of Poor Laws in English Common LawThis section provides an overview of Poor Laws in English Common Law ResourcesSee AlsoLegal Biography Legal Traditions Historical Laws History of Law Further Reading Poor Laws in English Common Law in the Oxford International Encyclopedia of […]
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Common Law Systems
Common Law Systems Common law systems can be found in many nations that were former colonies or territories of England. The common law originated with the unification of England and the institutional stability provided by William the Conqueror (c. 1027-1087) after 1066. In 1215 King John (1167-1216) elevated the importance of the common law at…
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English Common Law
The Legal History of Ecclesiastical Law in English Common LawThis section provides an overview of Ecclesiastical Law in English Common Law ResourcesSee AlsoLegal Biography Legal Traditions Historical Laws History of Law Further Reading Ecclesiastical Law in English Common Law in the Oxford […]
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Malpractice Lawsuits
Malpractice Malpractice LawsuitsIntroduction to Malpractice LawsuitsMalpractice is a special type of tort. A tort is a civil wrong that permits an injured party to sue for compensation for damages caused by the harmful conduct of another person. One common type of tort arises when …
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Gun Control Laws
Gun Control: Gun Control LawsIntroduction to Gun Control LawsThe federal government and all U.S. states have some gun control laws. These laws are based on several strategies: forbidding certain types of people from obtaining any firearms; prohibiting anyone other than the police, …
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Euthanasia Laws
Introduction to Euthanasia LawsAs laws have evolved from their traditional religious underpinnings, certain forms of euthanasia have been legally accepted. In general, laws attempt to draw a line between passive euthanasia (generally associated with allowing a person to die) and active euth…
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Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England
Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England Introduction • Section the First : On the Study of Law • Section the Second : Of the Nature of Laws in General • Section the Third : Of the Laws of England • Section the Fourth : Of the Countries Subject to the Laws of England Book…
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Laws of war Part 8
Laws of war Part 8 86 September 11 and the Laws of war Derek Jinks Yale Journal of International Law Volume 28, Number 1, Winter 2003 p.1 LAW JOURNAL / LAW REVIEW 87 Command Responsibility: A Case Study of Alleged Violations of the Laws of War at Khiam Detention Centre Roberta Arnold Journal of…
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Laws of war Part 5
Laws of war Part 5 51 Justice John Cooke: Impressions on White Paper Geoffrey Robertson, QC Hibernian Law Journal Volume 5, 2004/2005 p.1 LAW JOURNAL / LAW REVIEW The Tyrannicide Brief by Geoffrey Robertson QC is the first account of the extraordinary life and appalling death of John Cooke, Chief Justice of Munster, 1650…
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Laws of war Part 3
Laws of war Part 3 28 Beyond the rudimentary and brutal: Procedure, evidence and sentencing in Australia’s first criminal court Brent Salter Criminal Law Journal Volume 33, Number 2, April 2009 p.87 LAW JOURNAL / LAW REVIEW The practices of Australia’s first superior criminal court between 1788-1807, the New South Wales Court of Criminal…
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Common law. The Giants and the Gods 2
Common law. The Giants and the Gods 2 See Common law. The Giants and the Gods From Sir Frederick Pollock, The Genius of the Common Law [1912] Such were the strange guardians among whom our lady the Common law was born and cradled. For they were true guardians in their day. Caprice, even well meant…
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Common Law: Our lady and her Knights
Common law : Our lady and her Knights From: Sir Frederick Pollock, The Genius of the Common Law [1912] See Common law. Our Lady and Her Knights 2 More than seven years have passed since I was invited to speak here in the name of our Common law . The renewal of such an invitation…
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“Lex iniusta non est lex”? Do seriously unjust laws bind? Legally?
Main source: Finnis, John, “Natural Law Theories”, The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2011 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = . “Lex iniusta non est lex” ? Do seriously unjust laws bind? Legally? In such a case, does the law as settled by social-fact sources, in losing its directiveness for judges and citizens, lose…
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Cats and laws
A similar decision was rendered in the sheriff’s court at Perth, Scotland, in the late seventies. The cat had killed the plaintiff’s pigeon on a neighbour’s premises. The learned sheriff in his decision said: “It was quite legitimate for the plaintiff to keep a pigeon, but just as much so for the defendant to keep…