Sentences with phrase «common legal traditions»

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Speaking in Westminster Hall in 2010, Pope Benedict XVI spoke movingly about Britain's heritage of constitutional government: «Your common law tradition serves as the basis of legal systems in many parts of the world, and your particular vision of the respective remains an inspiration to many across the globe».

The other tradition — rooted in Judeo - Christian practice transmitted through Roman, medieval and common law, then through European philosophy to the American Constitution — stresses what E. J. Corwin has called «the higher law background» of our legal tradition.

In so doing it left legal systems, especially the common law tradition, the task of formulating a new religion, so to speak.

Lepard distinguishes between positivist legal traditions based upon «state - oriented» values (emphasizing state sovereignty) and the more dynamic human rights laws derived from common practices and understandings, including religio - ethical principles.

We hope that in addition to teaching about the common law and the civil law, we hope students will also understand that there's a basket of legal indigenous traditions across the land.»

In her paper «Indigenous Legal Traditions and the Challenge of Intercultural Legal Education in Canadian Law Schools,» Hannah askew describes the growing recognition, in Canada, that the development and protection of the rights of Indigenous people must draw not only on common law and civil law, but also on Indigenous legal traditLegal Traditions and the Challenge of Intercultural Legal Education in Canadian Law Schools,» Hannah askew describes the growing recognition, in Canada, that the development and protection of the rights of Indigenous people must draw not only on common law and civil law, but also on Indigenous legal tTraditions and the Challenge of Intercultural Legal Education in Canadian Law Schools,» Hannah askew describes the growing recognition, in Canada, that the development and protection of the rights of Indigenous people must draw not only on common law and civil law, but also on Indigenous legal traditLegal Education in Canadian Law Schools,» Hannah askew describes the growing recognition, in Canada, that the development and protection of the rights of Indigenous people must draw not only on common law and civil law, but also on Indigenous legal traditlegal traditionstraditions.

Common - law countries share a tradition of publishing the «great encyclopedias (of legal research) which became, and remain today, authoritative and indispensable works of reference wherever English law is practiced».

Most countries today follow one of two major legal traditions: common law or civil law.

In the choice of the language of the «common constitutional traditions» (Art. 6.3 TEU), the CJEU resorts to a more pluralistic and less identitarian tradition of dialogue, which rather than being read in light of a single legal order, should take into account the pluralism of the constitutional traditions of the various Member States, and be balanced with the ultimate goal of the EU, the achievement of an ever closer Union.

[14] Contrary to common law tradition, in which judges play a prominent role in the development and reformation of law, professors are instrumental to legal reform and development in civil law tradition.

It should be pointed out that Indigenous laws and legal orders are separate and distinct from common and civil law traditions that are taught in university law schools.

A total of forty national jurisdictions will be explored, chosen in order to ensure broad geographical spread and a mix of common law, civil law and other legal traditions, as well as reflecting the expertise of the law firms involved.

Embracing equally the wealth of its heritage and a calling to address the needs of the contemporary world, Notre Dame Law School brings together centuries of Catholic intellectual and moral tradition, the historic methods and principles of the common law, and a thorough engagement with the reality of today's legislative, regulatory, and global legal environment.

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«It is often observed that it is very easy to get into court in African states and can be much more difficult to get out of court,» with proceedings taking many years, he said; there being a variety of legal traditions across the continent, from common, to civil and Islamic law, as well as hybrids, such as those in South Africa and Mauritius.

Medical malpractice law, in Massachusetts and elsewhere, is part of the common law — the rich tradition of «judge - made law» that we inherited from our English ancestors and upon which we have embroidered our own legal doctrines.

French lawyers will abandon their law libraries, and allow Google to bamboozle them with formulations taken not from the European legal tradition but from Anglo - Saxon common law.

Thomas Mathews is a Toronto - based lawyer building a broad practice in civil and commercial litigation and criminal defence... Thomas is member of the Bars of Ontario and Quebec, trained in both the common law and civil law legal traditions.

The joint degree will be taught by comparing and contrasting indigenous peoples» legal traditions with those of common law.

Common law legal concepts and research methods make a strong distinction, less pronounced in the civil law tradition, between primary sources of law (statutes and case law) and secondary sources (legal scholarship and commentary); regardless, access to interpretive commentary on the law, including legal scholarship and especially publicly - funded research, would significantly enhance the public's understanding of the law and their rights, and promote access to legal services generally.