Record #:

19339

Author(s):

Lawrence, R.C.

Abstract:

Lawrence reviews some of the common laws which the new nation and its states adopted from England. When the State and Federal Constitutions were adopted, there were more than fifty offenses punishable by death in North Carolina. The pillory, stocks, and whipping post were also in common use. Tongue slitting, branding, and ear croppings were frequent.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 11 Issue 37, Feb 1944, p9, 29

Subject(s):

Common law

Record #:

29938

Author(s):

Sendor, Benjamin B.

Abstract:

The residual hearsay exceptions in both the North Carolina and the federal rules of evidence can be highly useful to trial lawyers. This article discusses the common law background and legislative history of these exceptions, the criteria for admissibility of statements under the exceptions, and patterns developing in case law.

Source:

Administration of Justice Memorandum (NoCar KFN 7908 .A15 U6), Vol. Issue 1, June 1989, p1-11, f

Subject(s):

Common law; Trials; Evidence--Admissibility of

Record #:

30009

Author(s):

Hinsdale, C.E.

Abstract:

North Carolina, relying on the common law, first approved the judicial immunity principle in a 1839 case in which a justice of the peace was sued for knowingly taking insufficient security on appeal. The latest North Carolina case added the malicious acts extension of the principle. This case is compared to the 1978 case of Stump v. Strickland.

Source:

Administration of Justice Memorandum (NoCar KFN 7908 .A15 U6), Vol. Issue 6, May 1978, p1-4, bibl, f

Subject(s):

Common law; Court cases