From the time of Sir Thomas More, the primary lawyer to be appointed as Lord Chancellor, a scientific body of equity grew up alongside the inflexible frequent law, and developed its personal Court of Chancery. Over time, courts of fairness developed stable principles, especially under Lord Eldon. In the nineteenth…
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University of Michigan Law School
Common law originated from England and has been inherited by almost every country once tied to the British Empire (except Malta, Scotland, the U.S. state of Louisiana, and the Canadian province of Quebec). In medieval England, the Norman conquest the law varied shire-to-shire, based on disparate tribal customs. The concept…