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Excerpt from Civil Procedure at Common Law Authors on code procedure In the United States usually advise students commencing its study to first familiarize themselves with the principles of common law as well as equity procedure. As an instructor for ten years in code, common law, and equity procedure, I have been impressed with the truth and propriety of this advice, and have endeavored to make it as effective as possible, in the instruction which it has been my duty to impart. I would not be understood as urging the student of code procedure to achieve that critical mastery of the common law system of procedure, which was a necessary accomplishment of a successful barrister; but that he should acquire such passable knowledge of its history and principles as will enable him to understand thoroughly the reformed system which has supplanted it. All the more necessary is such knowledge to the student of the modified systems of common law procedure which prevail in some of the States. The work which I now submit to the profession has boon prepared during the years in which I have been engaged as an instructor in civil procedure, with the view of meeting- the requirements of the modern student in law for a more thorough and extended acquaintance with the common law system of procedure. It has been prepared more especially for students, and is written from the standpoint of an instructor, who commenced to practise as an attorney under the system which he is now engaged in teaching. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
An all inclusive introduction to civil procedure. Main points of interest include common law forms of action, defensive pleading, & appellate review.
This book offers an in-depth analysis of the differences between common law and civil law systems from various theoretical perspectives. Written by a global network of experts, it explores the topic against the background of a variety of legal traditions.Common law and civil law are typically presented as antagonistic players on a field claimed by diverse legal systems: the former being based on precedent set by judges in deciding cases before them; the latter being founded on a set of rules intended to govern the decisions of those applying them. Perceived in this manner, common law and civil law differ in terms of the (main) source(s) of law; who is to create them; who is (merely) to draw from them; and whether the law itself is pure each step of the way, or whether the law’s purity may be tarnished when confronted with a set of contingent facts. These differences have deep roots in (legal) history – roots that allow us to trace them back to distinct traditions. Nevertheless, it is questionable whether the divide thus depicted is as great as it may seem: international and supranational legal systems unconcerned by national peculiarities appear to level the playing field. A normative understanding of constitutions seems to grant ever-greater authority to High Court decisions based on thinly worded maxims in countries that adhere to the civil law tradition. The challenges contemporary regulation faces call for ever-more detailed statutes governing the decisions of judges in the common law tradition. These and similar observations demand a structural reassessment of the role of judges, the power of precedent, the limits of legislation and other features often thought to be so different in common and civil law systems. The book addresses this reassessment.
It adopts an approach which explains the historical development of the common law institutions and procedures whilst also setting them in perspective through a comparative outlook. Aspects of the common law are contrasted on occasions with structural o
"This book examines the overall structure of public dispute resolution through six basic concepts: rudimentary fairness and the trade-off between equity and efficiency; defining the parameters of a dispute in terms of the presentation of issues and the obtaining of information; defining the scope of the dispute in terms of parties, particularly as the judicial system confronts increasingly complex litigation; defining the power of the courts; securing finality; and the costs of procedure."--Publisher's website.