"The law is wiser than cabal or interest." Burke, 1794. "Mastering the lawless science of our law, That codeless myriad of precedent, That wilderness of single instances ..." Tennyson: Aylmer's Field.

1. Common Law

2. Tradition

3. Stare Decisis

Notes

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