Common Law Marriage and Teen Births
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DOI: 10.1007/s10834-016-9511-6
Abstract: Whether common law marriage (CLM) in the US affects teen birth rates is the central question we address. CLM effects were identified through cross-state and time variation, as four states repealed the law over the… read more here.
Keywords: teen births; law; law marriage; clm ... See more keywords
Legal efficiency and consistency
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DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2019.103323
Abstract: We analyze the efficiency and consistency of courts’ decisions under common and civil law. As a motivating example, we study the enforcement of property rights in courts. Judges are of two types: some judges are… read more here.
Keywords: common law; law; efficiency consistency; civil law ... See more keywords
The Humanity of Private Law – Part I: Explanation by Nicholas J McBride. Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2019, 272 pp (£80.00 hardback). ISBN: 978-1-50-991195-0
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DOI: 10.1017/lst.2020.9
Abstract: The first issue of the Modern Law Review in 1937 carried an article by Richard O’Sullivan KC entitled ‘A scale of values in the common law’. In his corpus of writings, O’Sullivan made two central… read more here.
Keywords: law; common law; mcbride; private law ... See more keywords
Revolving Door Lobbying: Public Service, Private Influence, and the Unequal Representation of Interests. By Timothy M. LaPira and Herschel F. Thomas. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2017. 272p. $39.95 cloth.
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DOI: 10.1017/s1537592718001780
Abstract: ing a greater uniformity and standardization of criminal sentences. Common Law Judging is short: The table of authorities, notes, references, and index comprise more than half the book, and it is even shorter if one… read more here.
Keywords: law; door lobbying; common law; lobbying public ... See more keywords
Controlling shareholders and fiduciary duties in Asia
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DOI: 10.1080/14735970.2017.1354471
Abstract: ABSTRACT The company laws of the common law jurisdictions in Asia are based on or inspired by English common law. Yet, the ownership structure of the listed companies in these jurisdictions – concentrated – is… read more here.
Keywords: law jurisdictions; common law; shareholders fiduciary; fiduciary duties ... See more keywords
Comments on Gerald Postema, Legal Philosophy in the Twentieth Century: The Common Law World
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DOI: 10.1080/20403313.2017.1296090
Abstract: Legal Philosophy in the Twentieth Century is an engaging presentation of the Common Law tradition in the twentieth century from which non-specialist readers like myself stand to learn much about the challenges faced by the… read more here.
Keywords: law; legal philosophy; philosophy; common law ... See more keywords
'The Common Law Is … not what It used to be': Revisiting Recognition of a Constitutionally-Inspired Implied Duty of Fair Dealing in the Common Law Contract of Employment (Part 3)
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DOI: 10.17159/1727-3781/2018/v21i0a5662
Abstract: This piece, which is in three parts, will revisit the importation of fairness into the employment contract (outside and independent of the fairness-based provisions of our labour legislation) by a line of Supreme Court of… read more here.
Keywords: contract; law; implied duty; common law ... See more keywords
Harmonising Legal Values and uBuntu: The Quest for Social Justice in the South African Common Law of Contract
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DOI: 10.17159/1727-3781/2019/v22i0a6457
Abstract: In this article, a comparison is drawn between the role of good faith in the development of the Roman law of contract and the emerging role of ubuntu in the South African common law of… read more here.
Keywords: law; law contract; south african; common law ... See more keywords