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
What Hurts the Most What Hurts the Most "What Hurts the Most" is a song written by American songwriter Jeffrey Steele and English songwriter Steve Robson. Initially recorded by country music artist Mark Wills in 2003 on his album "And the Crowd Goes Wild", it was covered by Bellefire a year later. The first version to be released as a single was by pop singer Jo O'Meara in 2005, from the album "Relentless". Later that year, country band Rascal Flatts covered the song as well, releasing it as the first single from the 2006 album "Me and My Gang", topping the U.S country and