Apex Courts and the Development of the Common Law

Apex Courts and the Development of the Common Law

One of the distinguishing features of common law courts – especially apex courts – is that they make new law. Unlike courts in civil law countries, where judicial law-making is not meant to happen and is at times expressly forbidden or accorded merely a complementary role,¹ common law courts can cre...

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