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 
This note covers the following topics: Common law as opposed to statutory law and regulatory law, Common law legal systems as opposed to civil law legal systems, principles of common law, Medieval English common law, Influence of Roman law, Alternatives to common law systems, Common law legal systems in the present day, Common law national legal systems today, Early common law systems, Stages of common law trials.
Author(s): Wikipedia.org
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 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
Lucid, accessible coverage, from a historical perspective, of liability, criminal law, torts, bail, possession and ownership, contracts, successions, many other aspects of civil and criminal law. Indispensable reading for lawyers, political scientists, interested general readers.
Author(s): Oliver Wendell Holmes
257 Pages
This book covers the following topics: the rise of the common law, Civil law, criminal law and the Indian constitution.
Author(s): M. C. Setalvad and Padma Vibhufhan
244 PagesAdvertisement
