Mechanisms of the English common law Mechanisms of the English common law In the English system of common law, judges have devised a number of mechanisms to allow them to cope with precedent decisions. According to Montesquieu, it is Parliament that has the rightful power to legislate, not the judiciary. The legal fiction is that judges do not make law, they merely "declare it". Thus, common law is declaratory, and this is often retrospective in effect. For example, see "Shaw v DPP" and "R v Knuller" In the search for justice and fairness, there is a tension between the needs for, on one hand, predictability and
Lee (English surname) Korean diaspora translating numerous surnames also romanized as Li, particularly the one deriving from the Chinese word for "plum" (, "Lǐ"; , "Lee"; , "Rhee"; Vietnamese</small> , quốc ngữ Lê, Lý or Lí) which is among the most common surnames in the world. In America, Lee is the most common surname for Chinese and Korean Americans and the second-most-common surname for Asian and Pacific Islanders, behind the Vietnamese Nguyen. Similarly, Lee is the third-most-common surname among Chinese Singaporeans. Originating from Norway as "Lie", this surname was altered when it arrived in the Americas in the late 1800s to fit the