Sentence examples for common law features from inspiring English sources
Superficially, it appears that the common law features, especially judicial review and other powers, were often exercised in the nineteenth century.
'The right to know and effectively challenge the opposing case has long been recognised by the common law as a fundamental feature of the judicial process" – so said Lord Kerr in a recent supreme court judgment.
A later court cannot treat the case as wrongly decided, unless it is able and willing to overrule it The idea that a precedent is reaching a conclusion on the balance of reasons in the particular case at hand makes sense of a number of other features of common law judgments.
We conclude by defending these two features of the common law of tort: the strictness of the terms on which it defines wrongdoing and its begrudging willingness to recognize, in one special kind of case, liability without wrongdoing.
"Corruption of blood" was a familiar feature of the common law in England.
They are a feature of many common law jurisdictions, and have proved especially popular in the offshore world.
The need to prove actual reliance was the next feature of the common law to be modified.
The intertwingled nature of the law – a feature that aids the common law's resilience and ultimately underpins our notion of justice – poses significant engineering challenges.
Scots law has a basis derived from Roman law, combining features of both uncodified civil law, dating back to the Corpus Juris Civilis, and common law with medieval sources.
Common law impediments remained.
