Canadian libel law is based on English common law.

加拿大的诽谤法是以英国的习惯法为根据的。

The premise was that the common law of contract lacked sufficient safeguards for workers against arbitrary conduct by management.

其前提是，普通合同法缺乏使劳动者不受管理层随意行为影响的充分保障。

England has had a central system of common law for centuries.

英格兰几个世纪前就已经拥有了中央共同法体系。

Common law is based on tradition, precedent, and custom.

普通法以惯例、先例和习惯为基础。

Our ancestors left our generation a system of common law.

我们的祖先留给我们这一代人的制度的普通法。

Without the common law many statutes would have no meaning.

如果没有普通法，许多制定法将变得毫无意义。

However, the most fundamental part of English law is common law.

然而，英国法律中最基本的部分是普通法。

Contract law and the law of tort are almost entirely common law.

合同法和侵权法差不多就完全构成了普通法的主体。

The DIFC is overseen by its own judicial system, based on common law.

迪拜国际金融中心受以普通法为基础的自身司法系统监管。

The common law presents great difficulties in determining what is law.

普通法在确定什么是法律的时候遇到了巨大的困难。

The English common law rule still applies, but only to defamation actions.

英国的普遍法律规则仍然适用，但是仅仅限于诽谤行为。

On the other hand common law without statute would still be a system, although a very imperfect one.

而在另一方面，如果没有制定法，普通法则仍将自成体系，尽管可能会非常不完美。

The restriction has its origins in the ancient common law crime and tort of champerty and maintenance.

此限制源于古时普通法罪行及包揽诉讼与维持有关行为乃侵权行为。

As a concept, Civil Priority was described by some common law-series country such as French and Japan.

民事优先权作为一个概念，在一些大陆法系国家如法国、日本为法律所规定。

The common law was ingenious in carving up rights to land into various complex segments called "estates".

英美法将土地权巧妙地分割成多个复杂的所谓“地产”的部分。

British and some other Common Law system countries also accepted the fraud exception in judicial practice.

英国以及其他一些英美法系国家也在司法实践中接受了欺诈例外。

During his reign, a common law was gradually established in place of the previous laws of the local barons.

在他统治时期，逐渐建立起超越地方领主法律的普遍法。

This document, the Provisions of Westminster, formed the basis of English common law for the next several centuries.

这个文件，即威斯敏斯特条款，为接下来几个世纪的英国习惯法奠定了基础。

The sources of law include (1) statutes; (2) a large amount of "unwritten" or common law; (3) equity law; (4) European Community.

法典来源包括：(1)成文法；(2)大量的“不成文法”或习惯法；(3)衡平法；(4)欧共体法。

The sources of law include (1) statutes; (2) a large amount of “unwritten” or common law; (3) equity law; (4) European Community.

法典来源包括:（1）成文法；（2）大量的“不成文法”或习惯法；（3）衡平法；（4）欧共体法。

The traditional common law view that employment is at will and can be terminated for any reason - or none - is rapidly being eroded.

传统习惯法着眼如下：雇佣关系，随意形成，可以籍借口，或者无需任何理由将雇员解除，这种理念，现在已越来越不得人心。

In the Common Law System countries, there is the Hearsay Rule, which is very similar to the Principle of Directness and Verbalism.

在英美法系也有与之极为相似的传闻证据规则，并且在许多方面体现出了更为严厉的要求。

During the first year of law school, most courses focus on common law rules and the process of common law decision making by judges.

在法学院的第一年，绝大部分课程集中在普通法的规则和法官作出普通法判决的程序。

The common law was also quite ingenious in devising forms of common or joint ownership, with subtle technical differences between them.

英美法在设计公共或共有所有权的形式上是非常灵活的，两者间在法律意义上有微妙的差异。