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Page 796
... English law - the source of many other criminal law systems - remains uncodified . The definitions of particular crimes contained in a code must be interpreted in the light of many principles , some of which are not expressed in the ...
... English law - the source of many other criminal law systems - remains uncodified . The definitions of particular crimes contained in a code must be interpreted in the light of many principles , some of which are not expressed in the ...
Page 805
... English criminal procedure , employing the adversar- ial method , is the model from which the court systems of many English - language systems have been developed ( although Scotland evolved its own distinctively different rules ...
... English criminal procedure , employing the adversar- ial method , is the model from which the court systems of many English - language systems have been developed ( although Scotland evolved its own distinctively different rules ...
Page 969
... English version of the fox - trot was acknowledged as the essence of the internationally acclaimed " English style . " Victor Silvester's Modern Ballroom Dancing ( 1928 ) became the handbook of the dancing world until it was succeeded ...
... English version of the fox - trot was acknowledged as the essence of the internationally acclaimed " English style . " Victor Silvester's Modern Ballroom Dancing ( 1928 ) became the handbook of the dancing world until it was succeeded ...
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