Modern equity: At the edge of formal reasoning?
Equity, in its inception, was more inclined than the common law towards substantive reasoning – with reference to conscience, moral reasons and circumstances of the case. Ecclesiastical Chancellors did not consider themselves bound by precedents. These features of early equity may be explained by it...
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