26 Jun
2003
26 Jun
'03
1:16 p.m.
At 7:59 -0700 26/6/03, Kevin Oberman wrote:
This is true in the US (except, possibly, in Louisiana) where British common law is the basis of the system. Louisiana law is based on the Napoleonic Code and is supposed to be very different, but I can't say for sure. I assume that the UK has similar common law since ours come from there.
UK law is not a single homogenous entity. There is English common law which is what you are referring to as British common law, Scotland has its own seperate legal system that is based on Roman law. There is no UK common law just English common law. f