Common Law and Law's Roots

Burnham 65-80 + Wacks 1-20

stare decisis

• cases where the course of events, and the reasons for decisions are obscure; and in those it is enough to cite precedents

developing body of law by

selecting from combining or modifying the local customs that they learned about

eventual requirements for common law (CL) judges

selected exclusively from the ranks of the lawyers who practiced in those courts

threats to common law

1. roman canon law

2. french revolution

threats to common law: roman canon law