Salmond on Jurisprudence |
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actual agreement apply authoritative authority basic rules binding bound Chap civil common law conflict of laws consists constitution contract conventional custom corporation Court of Appeal debt decided defining law distinction distinguished Divisional Court doctrine duty enacted enforcement English courts English law equitable example existence Hart High Court House of Lords interests international law John Salmond judge judgment judicial Jurisprudence justice land law merchant legal concept legal personality legal rights legal rules legal system legislation legislature liability liberty logical matter means ment merely moral natural law no-right ordinary overruled owner ownership Parliament parties personam possession practice precedent previous decisions principle proposition question of law ratio decidendi reason recognised regard respect Roman law rule of law Salmond sanctioning right Scots law sense society source of law sovereign statute system of law term territory theory thing tion trust usage vested words wrong