More than a decade ago, I remarked on the ahistoricity of California's adoption of English common law despite the fact that it had never been a colony of England.* Yesterday, the California Court of ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas discussed the idea of stare decisis and its history in the legal traditions of English common law. He spoke ...

DUBAI, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Abu Dhabi's new financial free zone plans to base its rules on English common law, in a decision that could reduce costs and help the emirate develop stronger banking and ...

Real estate loan structures considered "non-traditional" in years past have become commonplace in modern finance. For example, where a conventional mortgage lender's underwriting requirements include ...

Over one year ago, this firm's client, a commercial landlord, was stuck in a worst-case scenario. Its commercial tenant—a semi-truck refurbishing business, which stored nearly 700 trucks on the leased ...

In order for a foreign judgment to be enforced in the BVI, it must either be: (1) registered and recognised as enforceable under the Reciprocal Enforcement of Judgments Act 1922 (the “1922 Act); or (2 ...

Harvard Law School professor Elizabeth P. Kamali ’97 lectured on the development of 13th century English felony law through the lens of historical artifacts during her Chair Lecture on Tuesday. The ...

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