الأحد، 20 أكتوبر 2013

What is the definition of common law and explain what are the states that rely on the common law ?

What is the definition of common law and explain what are the states that rely on the common law ?
 
It is also called the law Anglo - Saxon and sometimes public law , is a school of legal rooted in the heritage of legal English , and a set of laws stemming from this school , and the most prominent features rely on case law as a source of binding legislation , offset this school School Civil Code, which has its roots in heritage European legal , such as the Napoleonic Code , particularly Roman law.Within the countries that follow the Common Law School , uses the term in other words , sometimes , where called unwritten customary laws shall be common law in this case the opposite of the written law issued by the legislatures .The most important countries that rely on the common law :

    
Britain ( excluding Scotland which used a mixture between common law and civil law on its own model )
    
United States ( with the exception of Louisiana, which used a mixture between common law and civil law on the French model )
    
Canada (except Quebec which used a mixture between common law and civil law on the French model )
    
Australia
    
New ZealandThere are several countries using the common law in a partial or mixed with other legal heritage , which is the whole of the country that have been in the time of the British colonization , such as South Africa , India, Pakistan , Malaysia, Singapore and Hong Kong.

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