Anguilla
Legal System
Anguilla is a common law jurisdiction with a judicial system that is administered by the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court and an appeal process culminates with the Privy Council. Its legal system is largely based on the principles of English common law.
Generally speaking common law, as opposed to civil or socialist law, is a type of legal system where legislation is continually evolving. Courts refine and create laws on a case-by-case basis. When resolving a legal dispute, in the ideal world, a common law court looks to precedents set by other courts. What this means is that when a court is resolving a dispute, it must look to see if a similar dispute was resolved in the past. If one has, then the present day court is obligated to following the same reasoning used in the prior case; this principle is called stare decisis. On the other hand, if the dispute is totally unique, the court may resolve the matter itself using general guidelines. This new decision then becomes the precedent to which all future cases are bound. Over the years, the precedents created by past decisions coalesce into a complicated set of rules that apply to a wide array of case; this collection of rules is known as “common law”. Of course, common law systems are much more complex in practice, nevertheless the principle of stare decisis as described above, is the foundation of all common law systems.
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College Financial Aid Help - WMBB-TV
Google News - Panama, 17-February-2008
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College Financial Aid Help
WMBB-TV, FL - 19 hours ago
By Tuquyen Mach Panama City, FL -- The cost of a college education keeps going up, so the folks at Gulf Coast Community College are seeking to help students ... -
Tough times ahead? Not for everyone... - Telegraph.co.uk
Google News - Anguilla, 16-February-2008
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Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - Feb 15, 2008
That night in Anguilla she and her truly, madly, deeply wealthy lover drank Krug Clos du Mesnil and ate Brittany oysters before settling down on loungers to ... -
National Bank sponsorship cleared up - Sun St.Kitts/Nevis
Google News - St Kitts, 15-February-2008
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National Bank sponsorship cleared up
Sun St.Kitts/Nevis, St. Kitts and Nevis - 7 hours ago
The St.Kitts Nevis/Anguilla National Bank “committed sponsors” (according Patricia Wilkinson, marketing manager at the bank) of the under 13 football league ...