The Canadian common law tradition of resolving family law disputes in court dates to the establishment of the English Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes by the 1857 Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act, but, apart from custom and legislative preference, there is otherwise no particular reason why it must be the courts which deal with family law disputes. (slaw.ca)
In the article, A Copyright Conundrum: Protecting Email Privacy, Ned Snow, assistant professor at the University of Arkansas School of Law, finds a 250 - year - old common law tradition granting copyright protection to authors of personal correspondence. (legalblogwatch.typepad.com)
The federal nature of the three countries, and their shared common law traditions, are sufficient to ensure that comparisons can validly be drawn, and that such comparisons have the potential to provide perspectives on developments in respect of native title and agreement - making in Australia. (humanrights.gov.au)