The terms ‘Civil Lawyering’ or ‘Civil Litigation’ are much more usually than not, eclipsed by our monstrous Criminal Justice System, and the Trial. The at any time interesting and at any time encompassing Legislation of Crimes, titillates virtually everyone’s minds alike (no matter if a layman, a scholar of Law, […]
Essence
The democratic essence of the common law
Let’s consider what makes common law distinctive. Law in general is about making and applying rules that coordinate social action. Civil law systems do this by collating the rules into a legal code, regularly updated. Common law systems, like our own, rely more on judges to shape the law. The […]