Traditional Rights and FreedomsEncroachments by Commonwealth Laws
Traditional Rights and FreedomsEncroachments by Commonwealth Laws
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.
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.
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.
This book includes the writings of major legal theorists, including Sir
Edward Coke, Sir William Blackstone, James Fitzjames Stephen, Frederic William
Maitland, John Marshall, Joseph Story, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. and Roscoe
Pound, among others. Legal Treatises includes casebooks, local practice manuals,
form books, works for lay readers, pamphlets, letters, speeches and other works
of the most influential writers of their time. It is of great value to
researchers of domestic and international law, government and politics, legal
history, business and economics, criminology and much more.
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.
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
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.