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Some Old Problems In England And Some New Solutions From Virginia, William Hamilton Bryson
Some Old Problems In England And Some New Solutions From Virginia, William Hamilton Bryson
Law Faculty Publications
The fundamental ideal to which we aspire in the field of civil procedure is the perfect balance between expeditious results and correct results in the administration of justice. Two famous quotations from two famous English Equity judges come to mind. John Scott, Lord Eldon, the Lord Chancellor of Great Britain from 1801 to 1827 who was often criticized for being excessively dilatory, said, 'sat cito si sat bene'. Sir George Jessel, Master of the Rolls from 1873 to 1883, once said, 'I may be wrong and sometimes am, but I never have any doubts'. Jessel had his docket under firm …
Virginia Manuscript Law Reports, William Hamilton Bryson
Virginia Manuscript Law Reports, William Hamilton Bryson
Law Faculty Publications
Case law, including published cases and cases that have never been published, is the basis of the common law. Professor Bryson discusses the use of manuscript law reports in Virginia during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
English Common Law In Virgina, William Hamilton Bryson
English Common Law In Virgina, William Hamilton Bryson
Law Faculty Publications
By statute the common law of England is the basis of the common law of modern Virginia. This reception statute refers to the customary, unwritten law of the kingdom of England, but only that part which was general and common to all parts of England. That the English common law is the foundation of the law of Virginia is a matter not merely of a modern statute but also of history and reason.
The Abolition Of The Forms Of Action In Virginia, William Hamilton Bryson
The Abolition Of The Forms Of Action In Virginia, William Hamilton Bryson
Law Faculty Publications
The common law procedure for initiating actions at law in the English courts required a plaintiff to obtain a writ invoking the jurisdiction of the court and to file a declaration setting forth the facts that justified instigation of the suit and established the cause of the action. This clumsy and archaic system of litigation was abolished by a single chop of the legislative guillotine in New York in 1848. England followed suit in 1875, and the United States federal courts in 1938. Writs and declarations were replaced by simple forms which were copied from the practice of the equity …
Discovery Of Penalites, William Hamilton Bryson
Discovery Of Penalites, William Hamilton Bryson
Law Faculty Publications
The purpose of this essay is to discuss some aspects of the scope of the privilege against self-incrimination. It will consider first what can not be and then what can be discovered by the common law of England before 1776, when the first republican constitution of Virginia was promulgated. Finally, the developments in Virginia and federal practice will be dealt with.