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The Excellence of the Common Law by: Brent Allan Winters § 3.9.7 Early English Courts & Bar 362 § 3.9.8 Recent English Courts & Bar 367 § 3.10 Common Law in the American Colonies 370 § 3.10.1 Salem Witchcraft Trials: Common Law Ignored 374 § 3.10.2 The Colonial Common Lawyer 380 § 3.10.3 James Otis […]

The Excellence of the Common Law by: Brent Allan Winters § 3.11 Common Law in the United States 395 § 3.11.1 The American Common Lawyer 398 § 3.11.2 Dueling: American Vestige of Trial by Battle 405 § 3.11.3 Separation of Powers: Common-Law’s Standard 408 § 3.11.3.1 American Separation of Powers 412 § 3.11.3.2 The Jury’s […]

The Excellence of the Common Law by: Brent Allan Winters Chapter IV Common Law & Scripture § 4.1 Common Law & Scripture 430 § 4.1.2 Like Principles: Common Law & Scripture 435 § 4.1.3 Authority’s Fountain 445 § 4.1.3.1 God’s Word –vs– Justinian’s Code 448 § 4.1.3.2 God’s Word –vs– Greek Thought 452 § 4.2 Common […]

The Excellence of the Common Law by: Brent Allan Winters § 4.3.2 Jury Ideals 471 § 4.3.2.1 Juror Independence 484 § 4.3.2.2 Acts Discretionary & Administrative 485 § 4.3.2.3 Channel of Divine Justice & Mercy 487 § 4.3.2.4 Justice, Mercy & Grace 492 § 4.3.3 Juror –vs– Legislator 495 § 4.3.4 Jury Adaptability 499

The Excellence of the Common Law by: Brent Allan Winters § 4.3.5 Jury Authority & Power 501 § 4.3.6 Twelve Jurors –vs– One Judge 503 § 4.3.7 The Jury & Government 506 § 4.4 Going to Law 507 § 4.5 Common Law’s Rule of Law 509 § 4.5.1 Rule of Law in the Ancient World […]

The Excellence of the Common Law by: Brent Allan Winters § 4.6 Common Law & Loyalty to Law 516 § 4.7 Capital Trials & Due Process: Biblical Standards 524 § 4.8 The Common-Law Right to Remain Silent 528 § 4.8.1 Erosion of the Right to Remain Silent 529 § 4.8.2 Scripture & Being Slow to […]

The Excellence of the Common Law by: Brent Allan Winters § 4.10 Common Law’s Accord with Scripture 537 Chapter V Common Law & Civil Law Contrasted § 5.1 Rival Worldviews: Common Law –vs– Civil Law 558 § 5.1.1 Fountain of Law: God –vs– the State 564 § 5.1.2 Natural Law: Common Sense –vs– Baseless Logic […]

The Excellence of the Common Law by: Brent Allan Winters § 5.1.3 Due Process –vs– Scholasticism 578 § 5.1.4 Facts –vs– Speculation 581 § 5.1.4.1 Court Findings –vs– State Legislation 587 § 5.1.4.2 Legislative Infallibility 593 § 5.1.4.3 Legislative Finality 595 § 5.1.4.4 The Danger of Legislation 597

The Excellence of the Common Law by: Brent Allan Winters § 5.1.4.1 Court Findings –vs– State Legislation 587 § 5.1.4.2 Legislative Infallibility 593 § 5.1.4.3 Legislative Finality 595 § 5.1.4.4 The Danger of Legislation 597 § 5.1.5 Adversarial –vs– Inquisitorial 600 § 5.1.5.1 Real Case & Controversy 607 § 5.1.5.2 Process Focus –vs– Result Focus […]

The Excellence of the Common Law by: Brent Allan Winters § 5.1.5.3 Due Process: The Law of the Land 615 § 5.1.5.4 Cross-Examination: Engine of Truth 619 § 5.1.5.5 Powers: Separate –vs– Combined 630 § 5.1.5.6 Judicial Dissent –vs– State Solidarity 631 § 5.1.6 Revolution: Reality –vs–Utopia 635 § 5.1.7 Counsel –vs– Dogma 643

The Excellence of the Common Law by: Brent Allan Winters § 5.1.8 Law –vs– Legalism 644 § 5.1.9 Universities: Humanism –vs– Providence 651 § 5.1.10 Inquisitional Torture –vs– Due Process 654 § 5.1.10.1 The Inquisitor’s Goal: Confession 660 § 5.1.10.2 The Presumption of Innocence 662 § 5.1.10.3 Reasonable Doubt of Guilt 664 § 5.1.11 Civil […]