The Common Law in Your Life

This article provides students and others with a general explanation of the origin and role of the common law in our Anglo-Canadian legal system. It features real-life examples of the common law in action, as well as a quiz.

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People's Law School
produced in
2002
resource type
teaching materials
tags
origins of the law, common law or judge-made law, fundamentals of Canadian law, law in daily life, precedents, statute law, torts

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