Indigenous Law and the Common Law

Western Philosophies of Law: the Common Law

Ordinary Administrative Law as Constitutional Common Law

Henry Monaghan famously argued that much of constitutional interpretation takes the form of what he termed constitutional common law, a body of doctrines and rules that are constitutionally inspired but not constitutionally required and that can be altered or reversed by Congress. This Essay argues that a fair amount of ordinary administrative law qualifies as constitutional common law: Constit...

The New African Law: Beyond the Difference Between Common Law and Civil Law

Common-Law Background of Nineteenth-Century Tort Law, The

Americanization of the Common Law