The Common Law and Zambia

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 common law of England

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

The Common Law

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

The Inheritance of the Common Law

This volume in the Hamlyn Lecture series covers the concept of Man in the common Law, the Family, the political community and the law and conscience.

Author(s): Richard O'Sullivan

136 Pages

The Unity of the Common LawStudies in Hegelian Jurisprudence

Countering the influential view of Critical Legal Studies that law is an incoherent mixture of conflicting political ideologies, this book forges a new paradigm for understanding the common law as being unified and systematic. Alan Brudner applies Hegel's legal and moral philosophy to fashion a comprehensive synthesis of the common law of property, contract, tort, and crime.

Author(s): Alan Brudner

347 Pages