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Uni Stuff => Faculties => Law => Topic started by: Deleted User on March 29, 2014, 09:09:55 pm

Title: Really easy question....
Post by: Deleted User on March 29, 2014, 09:09:55 pm

Which phrase is grammatically correct?
"Under common law..." or "Under the common law"
"Common law states that...." or "The common law states that...."
Basically do I need to put a "the" in front of "common law" when I'm referring to it?

Thanks....

Title: Re: Really easy question....
Post by: meganrobyn on March 29, 2014, 09:47:19 pm

Either is fine. Replace it with statute to illustrate: "Under statute law...", "Under the statute...", "Statutory law states that...", "The statute states that..."

Title: Re: Really easy question....
Post by: ninwa on March 30, 2014, 05:35:15 pm

Common law without the "the" is more... well, common with lecturers/academic writing, in my experience. But either is fine.

Title: Re: Really easy question....
Post by: zhenzhenzhen on March 30, 2014, 08:28:35 pm

You save a word omitting the 'the'.