ABSTRACT
Hong Kong, Singapore, and almost all former British territories. It is even the basis of law in the United States of America. The international character of English law is not often appreciated by nonlawyers, but is sufficiently alive for cases from other common law jurisdictions to guide English courts on those occasions, which are admittedly rare, when English case law is silent on a point. The courts of other common law more frequently follow English decisions. A Commonwealth Law Conference held every three years, at which the leading lawyers from remarkably diverse national backgrounds discuss legal issues together, serves to reinforce the bonds of the common law world.
