As a result, the scope of the common-law system of judicial review has been significantly broadened.
India, after all, has a common-law legal tradition and a stockmarket that is 130 years old.
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They divide these countries into two groups according to whether they have civil-law or common-law systems.
It could violate any number of common-law and statutory anti-fraud provisions, including criminal mail and wire-fraud provisions.
India, with its English-language skills and common-law tradition is well-placed to secure a big share of the business.
All of these factors lead us to conclude that Mainstay was a common-law employer of its leased employees.
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The Hong Kong government's decision to ask the CFA for a clarification was unusual, if not unprecedented, in common-law jurisdictions.
It protects documents that would normally be protected by the common-law attorney-client privilege, except in corporate tax-shelter cases and criminal cases.
The power of the CFA in a common-law system must include a power to finally interpret all laws in Hong Kong.
And inter-circuit competition is essential for our common-law system to work well.
Common-law principles are regularly being modified by legislation in all common-law jurisdictions.
Any permanent resident over 18 would be able to sponsor another family member now more broadly defined to include common-law and same-sex partners.
State courts can consider matters of federal law in addition to claims based on common-law concepts such as negligence, which is what St.
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Price filed to enforce the codicil by arguing that they were still married, even though they had been divorced, as common-law husband and wife.
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The experience of the British courts, being the fountainhead of the common-law tradition, shows that they have adapted well to the new constitutional paradigm.
It is natural for those familiar with the common-law system to object to a non-judicial body overturning an interpretation given by a final appellate court.
And squabbles over inheritance are more frequent in common-law countries, where wills are more casually drawn up, says Leon Verstappen of the University of Groningen.
Some economists point to a difference between common-law and civil-law economies.
In a common-law system, each decision of the court acts as precedent for future cases and the interpretations form part of the law of Hong Kong.
Typical of his ability to see patterns, he notes that, today, his rabbi's name is Harry, and the name of his ex-common-law wife rhymes with Beary.
Within a year of the diagnosis, Sheppard's relationship with his common-law wife underwent a steep decline, and they ended it a year and a half later.
Sato says he is not coping well with her loss and the only way he can find peace is to learn exactly what happened to his common-law wife.
Therefore, some aspects of the common-law system have been modified.
She has one child with her common-law husband, Anusorn Amornchat.
With the new constitutional order laid down in the Basic Law on July 1, 1997, the common-law system is preserved, except insofar it is inconsistent with the Basic Law.
In some countries, such as Turkey and Mexico, the law is based on the French Napoleonic model where secured creditors may not collect as much as in common-law countries.
To advocate an open-ended qualification of the common-law system by introducing unspecified civil-law concepts is to betray the basic spirit and intent of the "basic policies" and the Basic Law.
In many criminal cases, the common-law requirement that a defendant must have a mens rea (ie, he must or should know that he is doing wrong) has been weakened or erased.
This is a fundamental break from the way legal research has been performed since the mid-1700s, when Sir William Blackstone revolutionized the practice of law by putting English common-law cases into categories.
The power of the CFA is defined in the Basic Law: It has the power of final adjudication and may as required invite judges from other common-law jurisdictions to sit on the court.
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