ADJUS-120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Trust Law, Specific Performance, Procedural Law

• School: Diablo Valley College
• Department: Administration Of Justice
• Course: ADJUS-120
• Professor: Gaines

Document Summary

A claim of innocence is no longer a roadblock to parole. No comprehensive system of classification bottom-up . Case approach is more empirical and pragmatic than theoretical and abstract. The lack of specialized courts and other features of american law prevent the development of autonomous fields of the law. English legal traditions begin with the norman invasion in 1066. King"s court was an alternative to the local courts in which the plaintiff could buy a specialized writ to summon the defendant. A separate set of courts called chancery courts were created to administer what came to be called the law of equity". The courts of equity were in bitter conflict with the law courts until the 1600s. Some resistance in the colonies due to the royal association. Unique elements of the law of equity. Only available where the remedy at law is inadequate. Forms of relief that operate on the defendant (i. e. specific performance, injunctive relief)