Search results for: “common law legal traditions”
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International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law
International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law (IECL) is a multivolumen (17-volume Encyclopedia), one of the well-known law works, a much-cited reference work, and an ambitious project that brings together works from leading scholars in comparative law. Maybe because its ambition it is somewhat dated. The International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law appears…
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International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law
International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law (IECL) is a multivolumen (17-volume Encyclopedia), one of the well-known law works, a much-cited reference work, and an ambitious project that brings together works from leading scholars in comparative law. Maybe because its ambition it is somewhat dated. The International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law appears…
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Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History
Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History Details of the Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History Volumes: 6-Volume Set Editor in Chief: Stanley N. Katz Publisher: Oxford University Press Date: 17 April 2009 Pages: 3072 Pages ISBN: 9780195134056 Description of the Encyclopedia The Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History covers legal history from ancient to modern…
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Maya Law
Maya Law Maya Legal System and Sources of Law From the Tarlton Law Library (University of Texas): The laws that governed the various Maya states were issued by the halach uinic and his council, or by the council alone if the state did not have an halach uinic. The batabs were responsible for carrying out…
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Maya Law
Maya Law Maya Legal System and Sources of Law From the Tarlton Law Library (University of Texas): The laws that governed the various Maya states were issued by the halach uinic and his council, or by the council alone if the state did not have an halach uinic. The batabs were responsible for carrying out…
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Mixed Legal System
Mixed Legal System Legal systems generally are ‘mixed’ in the sense that they have been influenced by a variety of other systems. The Nature of Mixed Legal Systems This includes: Comparative Law Polyjural Systems Hybridity Normative Complexity Common and Civil Law Hybridities This includes: Stare Decisis (Common Law doctrine) Nonbinding Case Law (Civil Law doctrine)…
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Customary Law System
Customary Law System In General According to Bruce Benson (“The Enterprise of Law”): “Law can imposed from above by some coercive authority, such as a king, a legislature, or a supreme court, or law can develop “from the ground” as customs and practice evolve. Law imposed from the top — authoritarian law — typically requires…
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Customary Law System
Customary Law System In General According to Bruce Benson (“The Enterprise of Law”): “Law can imposed from above by some coercive authority, such as a king, a legislature, or a supreme court, or law can develop “from the ground” as customs and practice evolve. Law imposed from the top — authoritarian law — typically requires…
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Legal History
Legal History “This abstraction called the Law,” Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., once observed, is “a magic mirror, [wherein] we see reflected, not only our own lives, but the lives of all men that have been!”1 Holmes believed that this “magic mirror” offered historians an opportunity to explore the social choices and moral imperatives of…
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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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Legal Treatises
Introduction The term treatise, in the Common law systems, usually refers to an in-depth scholarly work on a particular subject area. As law encyclopedias, Restatements of the Law, American Law Reports and law journal articles, legal treatises are […]
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Law Reporting
The Legal History of Law Reporting in English Common LawThis section provides an overview of LawReporting in English Common Law ResourcesSee AlsoLegal Biography Legal Traditions Historical Laws History of Law Further Reading LawReporting in English Common Law in the Oxford International […]
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Ecclesiastical 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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Legal Literature
The Legal History of Legal Literature in English Common LawThis section provides an overview of Legal Literature in English Common Law ResourcesSee AlsoLegal Biography Legal Traditions Historical Laws History of Law Further Reading Legal Literature in English Common Law in the Oxford […]