School of Law - Research
Faculty of Business and Law
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History | Legal Research | The Common Law | Civil Law
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Western Legal Tradition
Course page - includes excerpts of laws, brief outlines and reading guides.
See: Guide to Legal Research, Guide to Legal Citation, Guide to Legal Abbreviations and Guide to Legal Writing
A History of the Common Law of England: Part 1
Part of the Yale Avalon Project
Common Law
Wikipedia page
The Rule of Law
By Dr Mark Cooray. Sections on The Rule Of Law, Common Law And Statute, Supremacy Of Law, Retrospective Legislation, The Concept Of Justice, An Independent Judiciary, Discretion, Limits On The Power Of The Legislature, The Doctrine Of Precedent and The Moral Dimension. Part of the book: Topics Concerning The Australian Community
The Common Law (Landry)
Essay by Peter Landry.
The Common Law (Wendell Holmes)
Book by Oliver Wendell Holmes - part of Project Gutenberg. See alternate site.
A Primer on the Civil Law System
PDF file, by James G. Apple (Chief, Interjudicial Affairs Office, Federal Judicial Center) and Robert P. Deyling
Civil Law (about)
Wikipedia page
Roman Law (and Civil Law) Resources
By
Ernest Metzger, University of Glasgow - in English and German.
