- Under civil law, codified statutes and ordinances rule the land. Some countries like South Africa use a combination of civil and common law.
- Common law is followed in many parts of the world, including Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, India, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.
- ...v. United States, Justice Thomas issued a concurring opinion discussing common law and, in particular, the role of stare decises in a common law system.
- Statutory law is a written body of rules created by elected officials, while common law is a set of unwritten principles based on judicial decisions and precedents.
- Trial by Jury is fundamentally a Common Law mechanism and is the primary feature of a democratic system of governance (not voting in elections as most believe).
- Hence common law is also referred to as case law because it sought to establish commonality among cases in different jurisdictions.
- The common law forms a major part of the law of those countries of the world with a history as British territories or colonies.
- How does the Inquisitorial System in Civil Law Differ From the Adversarial System in Common Law?
- The enemies of Liberty that have infiltrated our government would have you to believe that Common (Natural) Law is passé and have been legislated away.