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Posted on: Wed, 03/12/2008 - 18:01
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What do we mean when we speak of the "common law"?

 

 

Posted on: Wed, 03/26/2008 - 02:16 #1
adrian
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to me, common law are the case laws

and the cases based on Judicial precedent without taking into account the equitable principles

Posted on: Wed, 04/02/2008 - 09:00 #2
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In conflict of laws, the common law can be viewed in terms of a family of law practiced in the UK and the Commonwealth nations, as opposed to civil law or syariah law or tribal laws.