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More generally, police officers share the right to self-defence or the protection of others upheld by common law and Article 2 of the European Convention of Human Rights.
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The Week Staff, theweek, 23 Oct. 2024
This concept was borrowed from the Old English common law.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 28 Aug. 2024
Our modern understanding of animals’ legal status derives from 19th-century American common law cases, which adopted the classical Roman legal approach to wild animals, or ferae naturae.
—Angela Fernandez, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
The judge in Hart’s case has yet to rule on the common law immunity argument.
—Shelly Bradbury, The Denver Post, 12 Nov. 2024
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The Week Staff, theweek, 23 Oct. 2024
This concept was borrowed from the Old English common law.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 28 Aug. 2024
Our modern understanding of animals’ legal status derives from 19th-century American common law cases, which adopted the classical Roman legal approach to wild animals, or ferae naturae.
—Angela Fernandez, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
The judge in Hart’s case has yet to rule on the common law immunity argument.
—Shelly Bradbury, The Denver Post, 12 Nov. 2024
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“Common law.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/common%20law. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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