The Common Law and Zambia

The Common Law and Zambia

This PDF covers the following topics related to The Common Law and Zambia : What is common law? , Justifications for the common law method , Precedent in Zambia, Stare decisis in Zambia's courts, The Zambian context , Suggestions for the future, Stare decisis and legal authority, Conclusion.

Author(s): William L. Church

46 Pages

Qualified and Absolute Immunity at Common Law

This PDF covers topics related to Common Law and is a article that provides the first comprehensive review of the common law on state-officer immunities around 1871. In particular, it canvasses the four nineteenth century treatises that the Supreme Court consults in assessing officer immunities under the common law of 1871: Cooley’s 1879 Law of Torts, Bishop’s 1889 Commentaries on Non-contract Law, Mechem’s 1890 Law of Public Offices and Officers, and Throop’s 1892 Law Relating to Public Officers. Not only do these treatises collect many overlooked state common law precedents, but they rely heavily on the Supreme Court’s own, often ignored, nineteenth-century decisions.

Author(s): Scott A. Keller, Stanford Law Review

64 Pages

The Public Conscience Social Judgments In Statute And Common Law

This book explains the following topics: Preservation of Life and Limb, Some Excerpts From History, Crimes Against the Person, International Wrong Always Condemned, Frauds, Victims Deceived, Attack Upon Rights of Property in Personality, Rights as Between Two Parties, Preservation of Security, Security in Preservation of Property, Interference With Freedom of Movement.

Author(s): George Clarke Cox

NA Pages

The History of the Common Law of England

This text is very easy to read and Hales analysis of the Common Law is noted as the first published history of English law and a strong influence on William Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England.

Author(s): Matthew Hale

133 Pages

The common law of England

The essence of English common law is that it is made by judges sitting in courts, applying legal precedent to the facts before them. A decision of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, the highest civil appeal court of the United Kingdom, is binding on every other court. Topics covered includes: Torts, Crimes, Contracts, The Law Of Persons, Adjective Law.

Author(s): William Blake Odgers, William Walter Odgersr and Herbert Broom

NA Pages

Traditional Rights and FreedomsEncroachments by Commonwealth Laws

This book covers the following topics: Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Association, Freedom of Movement, Property Rights, Retrospective Laws, Fair Trial, Burden of Proof, The Privilege against Self-incrimination, Client Legal Privilege, Strict or Absolute Liability, Appeal from Acquittal, Procedural Fairness, Delegating Legislative Power, Authorising what would otherwise be a Tort, Executive Immunities, Judicial Review, Freedoms and Privilege.

Author(s): Australian Law Reform Commission

130 Pages