C. Northcote Parkinson moved to the Isle of Man. After two years there, they moved to Canterbury, Kent, where he died in March 1993, at the age of 83. He was buried in Canterbury, and the law named after him is quoted as his epitaph. C. Northcote Parkinson Cyril Northcote Parkinson (30 July 1909 – 9 March 1993) was a British naval historian and author of some 60 books, the most famous of which was his best-seller "Parkinson's Law" (1957), in which Parkinson advanced Parkinson's law, stating that "work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion", an insight which
Abstraction principle (law) the canon law maxim "solo consensus obligat", under which the meeting of the minds in a contract of sale is sufficient both to create obligations and convey title. This includes mainly jurisdictions that have adopted or been influenced by the Napoleonic Code, e.g. France, Louisiana, Quebec, Spain, Portugal, French-speaking Africa, much of Latin America, etc. Abstraction principle (law) The abstract system of title transfer (German "Abstraktionsprinzip") is a legal term in German law relating to the law of obligations ("Schuldrecht") and property law ("Eigentumsrecht"). Although no express reference to it is made in the German Civil Code (BGB), the concept