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Britain's ancient common law traditions are being drastically changed by Continental notions of how justice should be administered.
FORBES: Fact And Comment
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In short, a business that is already outside normal anti-trust law (thanks to an ancient ruling that treats each game as a discrete activity within a single state, and thus exempt from the laws of interstate commerce) would become even more like a cartel.
ECONOMIST: Damn Yankees
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The Dana Air was 22 years old, which is not exactly ancient in aviation terms but given that Nigerian law prohibits aircraft over the age of 20 from operating, who fell asleep at the switch?
CNN: Nigerians demand answers in wake of Dana Air crash
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In the federal system, severe restrictions have been imposed on the ancient writ of habeas corpus, a common law doctrine predating the U.S. Constitution by several centuries, which allows the wrongly convicted to attack their trials and verdicts.
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Japan's "salic" law is in fact not all that ancient.
CNN: IN HER OWN RIGHT
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The carnival theme is especially strong here, and perhaps the most emblematic and powerful of these works is "Spirit of the Carnival (The British forces of law and order in confrontation with an ancient African Spirit)" (1982) by Tam Joseph, an artist from the tiny island of Dominica.
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The Islamist groups have since destroyed ancient shrines in Timbuktu and imposed a strict interpretation of Islamic law, sparking international outrage.
BBC: Mali army 'fire as Islamists advance'
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The Shiites and Sunnis have thus far been unable to put their ancient hatreds aside in order to work together to create a rule-of-law constitutional democracy.
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Stretching the ancient doctrine of trespass to chattels to apply to Internet activities has been an experiment in law-making.
FORBES: The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act Is a Failed Experiment