The impulse to interpret seems to me what makes personal essay writing compelling. Daphne Merkin on Lena Dunham, Book Criticism, and Self-Examination Mindy Farabee December 26, 2014 In âNot What It Used To Be,â you write about talking to your younger self, which is an impulse I think many of us will understand.
When William the Conqueror invaded England in 1066, he combined the best of this Anglo-Saxon law with Norman law, which resulted in the English common law, much of which was by custom and precedent rather than by written code.
Common Law Definition: Law established by judges/courts b/c of the absence of a statute to deal with a particular situation. Incidents were resolved by a judge and the decision would serve as a precedent for future similar cases. Example: The concept of common law marriage (no longer recognized in PA) is a relic of our early