What is the impact of the common law on our society?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from B.C. (A.G.) v. Couillard, 1984 CanLII 374 (BC SC):
Over 90 years ago, Noyes P. J., a Pennsylvania judge, said in Hague v. Wheeler, 27 A. 714, 157 Pa. St. 324 (1893) (S.C.), that the common law is a growing tree, its principles must be continually adapted to new facts and the changing conditions of modern life.
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