Common law is based on the decisions made by judges in past court cases.

Its laws are based upon revelation, not on what you and I think is right.

How long will it be before we learn that top administration officials always knew the law was based on faulty intelligence?

However, this not necessarily means that the principles on which these laws are based change at the same speed.

But unfortunately laws like these are based on unreliable research.

The law is based on a set of principles.

The courts, however, have not ruled out laws based on conduct rather than a person's status.

The application of so-called soft law based on Community practice represents a further challenge.

Traditional law in Africa is based on natural justice and lacks abstract concepts.

The electoral law was based on proportional representation from 1945 to 2007.