How Common Law Works? A Principal Explanation of the Operation of Common Law
Imagine, if you will indulge me for a moment, that you are the monarchical ruler of a kingdom inherited from your deceased uncle, for example. Within the boundaries of your kingdom lived millions of people, dependent upon your wise decisions to go about with their daily lives, and your every decision will affect the livelihoods of these people. How will you go about ruling your kingdom, and to make sure that the country is able to function properly and efficiently? That is the question faced by one William the Conqueror back in the 11th century, where he succeeded in capturing the vast land that we come to know as England now, well except for the fact that he did not inherit the land, he captured it via brute force. What he then did properly formed a part of the law system that we now know and obey. It is important to not...