On this page you will find links to issues on the Common Law.
Throughout my efforts in the courts, I requested that counsel be appointed to me in that case. I simply refuse to believe that our laws might allow that I, once having been forced into indigency, would have to proceed defenselessly through the court system. No attorney was ever provided me, despite my requests, and it was suggested that no such right exists, or, that the court just does not appoint counsel. A case titled "Quail v. Municipal Court (1985) - Johnson, J., Concurring and Dissenting", contains information supporting an indigent's right to counsel. It opened my eyes to the fact that indigents do have the right to appointment of counsel in civil matters, and that such right has existed since King Henry VII. Some of the cases cited in "Quail v. Municipal Court (1985) - Johnson, J., Concurring and Dissenting" are provided as links on that page.
9 CLR - The Common Law and the Law of Nations under the Federal Constitution
15A AM Jur 2d - American Journal Common Law by John D. Perovich, J.D.
Book of English Law by Edward Jenks
California Act Adopting the Common Law - April 13, 1850
Origins of the Common Law by Arthur R. Hogue (1966)
51 Cal Jur 3d - Public Defender by Jeffrey A. Schafer, J.D.
Southern California Law Review - Case Notes - Common Law
Major Legal Systems in the World Today by Rene David and John E.C. Brierley (1978)
8 California Law Review 340 - Common Law: Adoption by the States
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