It is usually said that the UK is a common law country.

France was thus divided between the pays coutumiers and the pays de droit ecrit.

And in France a conflict of laws must constantly have been taking place, owing to the division into the Pays de Droit Ecrit and the Pays de Droit Coutumier.

provinces where common law was in force

Coming from a country where the system of common law obtains, I might unwittingly have been influenced by this system.

Other common law countries also safeguarded certain common law rights by incorporating them into their written constitutions as indeed did my own country in the Constitution of Ireland.

In countries which have a legal system based on common law, “prior use” is generally sufficient for claiming rights over a given trademark in case of dispute.

It is usually said that the UK is a common law country.

France was thus divided between the pays coutumiers and the pays de droit ecrit.

And in France a conflict of laws must constantly have been taking place, owing to the division into the Pays de Droit Ecrit and the Pays de Droit Coutumier.

We demand for the poor a customary right, and indeed one which is not of a local character but is a customary right of the poor in all countries.

Many countries have legal systems that are divided into separate legal systems: formal, customary, and even state-sanctioned customary legal systems may co-exist.

Mopai says there are two types of customary law; living customary law and official customary law.

The majority of countries today follow either common law or civil law.

Under customary law women typically have no rights to inherit land.