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	Common law - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The common law, as applied in civil cases (as distinct from criminal cases), was devised as a means of compensating someone for wrongful acts known as torts, including both intentional torts and torts caused by negligence and as developing the body of law recognizing and regulating contracts.
		Today common law is generally thought of as applying only to civil disputes; originally it encompassed the criminal law before criminal codes were adopted in most common law jurisdictions in the late 19th century, although many criminal codes reflect legislative attempts to codify the common law.
		This was problematic as the patroon system of land holding, based on the feudal system and civil law, continued to operate in the colony until it was abolished in the mid-nineteenth century.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Common_law (1958 words)

	Learn more about Law in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		It is a system of law used in England, many of the states of the United States (except California and Louisiana) and other former British possessions such as in the Laws of Australia, Canada, India, and Ireland.
		Procedural Law are rules and regulations found in an legal system that regulate access to legal institutions such as the courts, including the filing of private lawsuits and regulating the treatment of defendants and convicts by the public criminal justice system.
		Most laws and legal systems --at least in the Western world-- are quite similar in their essential themes, arising from similar values and similar social, economic, and political conditions, and they typically differ less in their substantive content than in their jargon and procedures.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /l/la/law.html (2118 words)

	Civil law (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Civil law (as opposed to common law) is a legal tradition which is the basis of the law in many countries of the world, especially in continental Europe, but also Quebec, Louisiana, Japan, Latin America, and elsewhere.
		Originally civil law was one common legal system in much of Europe, but with the development of nationalism in the 17th century Nordic countries and around the time of the French Revolution, it became fractured into separate national systems.
		Civil law (as opposed to "canon law") is the secular legal system of the national government when there is also a system of ecclesiastical courts governed by a church's laws in the same country.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/civil_law (700 words)

	MEXonline - Mexican Legal System Overview
		The U.S. common law system is based on the case law and statutory law of England and the American colonies before the American Revolution.
		In contrast, Mexico's civil law system is derived primarily from Roman law as set forth in the compilation of codes and statutes of the Emperor Justinian, called Corpus Juris Civilis, and later refined in the French or Napoleonic Code of 1804.
		Another traditional distinction between the two systems which has not declined in significance over the years is the importance of and reliance on case law precedent (a principle known as stare decisis) in the U.S. at both state and federal levels, compared with the sparse use of the case law in Mexico.
	www.mexonline.com /lawreview.htm (3069 words)

	Civil law (legal system) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Civil law is a legal system derived from Roman law and commonly used in Europe.
		Civil or civilian law is a legal tradition which is the basis of the law in the majority of countries of the world, especially in continental Europe, but also in Quebec (Canada), Louisiana (USA), Japan, Latin America, and most former colonies of continental European countires.
		The civil law is based on Roman law, especially the Corpus Juris Civilis of Emperor Justinian, as latter developed through the Middle Ages by mediæval legal scholars.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/C/Civil-law-(legal-system).htm (1003 words)

	Publications: British Law System
		To the extent that one measure of a civilized society is its system of law, we must be concerned when a system fails to provide access to justice for all and where all do not stand equal before the law.
		In the American system, where lawyers are paid a percentage of damages recovered, usually between twenty-five to forty percent, depending on the type of case and the risk involved, the sums recovered are often sufficient to provide a “cushion” for cases which do not succeed.
		Many who criticize the system in Britain say judges are conservative in their approach, and they take into account wider concerns which are sometimes irrelevant, such as the effect large awards may have on insurance premiums, all of which have little to do with compensating the individual concerned.
	www.lemac.co.uk /resources/publication/british_law.html (3752 words)

	AllRefer.com - Zaire - National Land Law System \| Zaire Information Resource
		The Zairian land law system was established by national legislation and is based legally and in practice on the legacy of Belgian colonialism as well as the Zairian customary system of land tenure.
		This indigenous system was transformed by the colonial legacy of the Congo Free State (1885-1908) and the Belgian Congo (1908- 60), during which the land law system was established to favor the exploitation of the country's natural resources by the Belgian authorities.
		Another element in this system favoring the colonial authorities was the introduction of land registration, with any lands coming under the state's domain ceasing to be governed by customary law and thus eligible to be granted by the state to individuals and enterprises.
	reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/zaire/zaire125.html (818 words)

	Shirky: Power Laws, Weblogs, and Inequality
		In systems where many people are free to choose between many options, a small subset of the whole will get a disproportionate amount of traffic (or attention, or income), even if no members of the system actively work towards such an outcome.
		The system assumes that later users come into an environment shaped by earlier users; the thousand-and-first user will not be selecting blogs at random, but will rather be affected, even if unconsciously, by the preference premiums built up in the system previously.
		Inequality occurs in large and unconstrained social systems for the same reasons stop-and-go traffic occurs on busy roads, not because it is anyone's goal, but because it is a reliable property that emerges from the normal functioning of the system.
	www.shirky.com /writings/powerlaw_weblog.html (2354 words)

	Introduction to Comparative Law: The Civil Law System
		Comparative law is the study of one's own legal system as it relates to the legal system of another country.
		Traditionally, comparative law has been the study of the similarities and differences between the "common law" system such as the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia, with the "civil law" system, found in France, Germany and Italy, among others.
		Therefore, the modern common law system is comprised of the codification of laws, which are then modified or interpreted by the courts over time.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/comparative_law/9530 (669 words)

	Civil law Article, Civillaw Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The civil law is based on Roman law, especially the Corpus Juris Civilis of Emperor Justinian, as latter developed through the Middle Ages bymediaeval legal scholars.
		Civil law (as opposed to " canon law ") is the secular legalsystem of the national government when there is also a system of ecclesiastical courts governed by a church's laws in the samecountry.
		This was the situation in England that repeatedly caused problems between the two legal systems, most famously perhapsthe one that led to the murder of Thomas à Becket during the reign of Henry II of England.
	www.anoca.org /legal/opposed/civil_law.html (756 words)

	Reforms To The Family Law System (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The government proposes to undertake major reforms of the family law system to provide families with better ways to resolve relationship disputes and to reduce the emotional costs to families and children of conflict and separation.
		The government proposes to amend the objects provisions of the Family Law Act to refer to the need for both parents to have a meaningful involvement in their children's lives and for children to have a right to spend time on a regular basis with both parents.
		The government proposes to change the Family Law Act to highlight the role of grandparents and to ensure the role of grandparents is taken into account by the courts.
	www.pm.gov.au /news/media_releases/media_Release1030.html (2718 words)

	Common Law Writ System
		In the early days of the English common law system of jurisprudence, the legal system was entirely subordinate to the King.
		Implicit with the early common law notion that the King was sovereign was the notion that he was simply NOT capable of being sued at all.
		Eventually, as the common law developed, the doctrine of "sovereign immunity" became recognized as a nerely absolute immunity first with respect to actions against the King, and later with respect to all Tort claims brought against various different Governmental entities that eventually replaced the King.
	www.samford.edu /schools/netlaw/Martin/TortsI2003/writsystem.html (1260 words)

	Articles - Civil law (legal system) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		It is a common but incorrect belief that civil law systems do not offer the presumption of innocence when in fact they do.
		The term "civil law" as applied to a legal tradition actually originates in English-speaking countries, where it was used to lump all non-English legal traditions together and contrast them to the English common law.
		The Dutch law or at least the Dutch civil code cannot be easily placed in one of the mentioned groups either, and it has itself influenced the modern private law of other countries.
	www.mainearth.com /articles/Civil_law_(legal_system) (1176 words)

	Managing the Family Law System
		However, if you have to turn to the legal system, there are things you should know before you hand over your life and money to a lawyer.
		If you have chosen a sensible family law practitioner, he or she will do everything to settle the case before a hearing.
		Through your own efforts and with some coaching from those who know the system, you can simplify the process, retain control of what is happening, and save a lot of money.
	www.fathersafterdivorce.com /managing.htm (1187 words)

	Legal system. The World Factbook. 2003
		Decisions from these meetings are carried out by these member nations (within their areas) in accordance with their own national laws.
		Public Law 95-541, the US Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978, as amended in 1996, requires expeditions from the US to Antarctica to notify, in advance, the Office of Oceans, Room 5805, Department of State, Washington, DC 20520, which reports such plans to other nations as required by the Antarctic Treaty.
		based on English common law and Islamic law; as of 20 January 1991, the now defunct Revolutionary Command Council imposed Islamic law in the northern states; Islamic law applies to all residents of the northern states regardless of their religion; some separate religious courts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations
	www.bartleby.com /151/fields/49.html (3517 words)

	Humane Studies Review Winter 1991/92
		Under the borh system a set of ten to twelve individuals, defined at first by kinship but later by contractual agreement, would form a group to pledge surety for the good behavior of its members.
		The most notable example of this was the Carolina, a system of romanized criminal law imposed in Germany by Charles V. By contrast, the later Middle Ages had seen a recession of royal power, and the revival of customary law systems in many places.
		Bruno Leoni explains the law in similar terms: " Individuals make the law insofar as they make successful claims." By this, he means that legal norms arise out of the sorts of claims that have a good probability of being satisfied in a given society.
	osf1.gmu.edu /~ihs/w91issues.html (6658 words)

	Fed-Soc.org - Conservative & Libertarian Pre-Law Reading List (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Levi and Epstein provide indispensable introductions to the genius of the common-law system and the basic common sense of traditional doctrine in the areas of contract, property, and tort law.
		Justice Antonin Scalia's 1989 Holmes Lecture, "The Rule of Law as a Law of Rules," is an excellent discussion of the rule of law and the role of judges.
		Frederic Bastiat's The Law was an early (1850) and remarkably prescient warning about the tendency of modern governments to accumulate increasing amounts of arbitrary power, and thus threaten the rule of law.
	www.fed-soc.org /Publications/readinglist/readinglist.htm (4743 words)

	LLRX -- Update to Researching Dutch Law, November 18, 2002
		The Dutch judicial system can roughly be divided into two subsystems: the general system and the administrative law system.
		The supreme court in the general system is the Hoge Raad (Supreme Council), it deals with matters of criminal law, tax law as well as private law.
		Holzhauer, Rudi W. and Rob Teijl, Law and economics in the Netherlands, in Bouckaert, Boudewijn and De Geest, Gerrit (eds.), Encyclopedia of Law and Economics, Volume I. The History and Methodology of Law and Economics, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar, 2000, 1094 p.
	www.llrx.com /features/dutch2.htm (3667 words)

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		It also helps that many of the laws in the United States are either not monitored or...
		This is partly due to the school system, and partly do to the system of government in each country.
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	SCALEplus Home
		SCALEplus is an integral part of the Australian Law Online initiative to bring low or no-cost access to the law for the community.
		The new system, known as ComLaw (http://www.comlaw.gov.au), became available online on 1 January 2005.
		All the data which was until recently in SCALEplus other than Commonwealth legislation is now available from a number of Other Sites which include, in many cases, the source information provider.
	scaleplus.law.gov.au (565 words)

	ALM's Law.com
		And for anyone hunting for a smoking gun, Ball issues a reminder about the risk of unwittingly altering data in the process.
		The former deputy chief administrative judge said that, structurally, the system that has evolved in Armenia offers much to imitate.
		"They have a streamlined system that would be the envy of anyone here in New York who is interested in reform," he said.
	www.law.com (389 words)

	Computer Law Systems (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Law Department supports 46,000 employees worldwide with 17 attorney staff.
		Direct access to information allows lean attorney to revenue ratio: 1 Attorney per $900M in revenue.
		Copyright (c) 2002 Computer Law Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
	www.clswin.com (59 words)

	FindLaw: International Resources: Countries
		WESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW: WSU alumni make up over 25% of the Orange County Bar, and provide an enormous resource for our students and graduates.
		PCLaw & PCLawPro: ONE integrated system to manage your whole office.
		Search a database of over 1,000,000 lawyer profiles to find the lawyer with the experience you need.
	findlaw.com /12international/countries (227 words)

	Chester County Library System >Law
		TO FIND THE TEXT OF FEDERAL LAWS
		TO FIND A COPY OF THE U.S. Find Law
		TO SEARCH FOR MUNICIPAL AND LOCAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS
	www.ccls.org /wsubjects/law.htm (77 words)

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