Law Practice
Dec. 1, 2009
U.K. Supreme Court Finally Seated
It may come as a surprise to some that Great Britain, the land where common law originated, did not have a Supreme Court before October of this year.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
WASHINGTON - It may come as a surprise to some that Great Britain, the land where common law originated, did not have a Supreme Court before October of this year.
The creation of the U.K. Supreme Court was a key part of several constitutional reforms overseen by former British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
The 2005 Constitutional Reform Act required that, for the first t...
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