Common & Civil Law Regimes

The common law was received in the American colonies and was adopted as the basis of American and Canadian legal systems during the colonial era and beyond. It is enshrined in state, provincial, and federal constitutions. As Hall (1992) has noted, the U.S. Supreme Court is a common law court.

Hall, Wiecek, and Finkelman (1996) have stated that an interplay between the inherited legal culture of England and the New World environment molded law in early North American colonial society. This was a combination of tradition and design out of which emerged a new synthesis in the case of the United States which represented a distinctly American legal culture. The early English settlers regarded themselves as English people who happened to live outside of the realm and as heirs to the English

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hat law and the common law. Judicial interpretation remains a key cornerstone of common law systems wherever they are found and it is this characteristic which distinguishes common law and civil law systems from one another. Part B: Resolving International Jurisdiction Issues International dispute resolution was discussed by Clarkson et al (2004) within the context of issues confronted by businesspeople engaging in international business transactions. Such individuals normally take a number of precautions to protect themselves should a party with whom they are involved in another country breaches an agreement. Often companies doing business internationally develop contracts, including special clauses providing for how and where any disputes arising relevant to the contract will be resolved. Some of these contracts include forum selection and choice-of-law clauses. Clarkson, et al (2004, p. 49) state that "these clauses designate the jurisdiction (court or country) where any dispute arising under the contract will be litigated and the nation's law that will be applied." If no forum or choice-of-law clauses have been incorporated into an international contract, legal proceedings are likely to be both more complex and mor
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