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 book goes on to
discuss criminal law, torts, bails, possession and ownership, contracts,
successions, and many other aspects of civil and criminal law.
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.
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
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.
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.