Sentences with phrase «established common law concept»

Not exact matches

Although the core principles of law in the UAE are drawn from Sharia law, most legislation is comprised of a mix of Islamic and European concepts of civil law, which have a common root in the Egyptian legal code established in the late 19th to 20th centuries.

So my understanding is that the phrase «common law» can refer to either the concept of laws established by court precedent or it can refer to a specific body of laws that have been established that way.