While some states recognize common law marriage, there's no federal law making couples automatically married after a certain ...

Kevin Frazier Nature abhors a vacuum, rushing to fill it often chaotically. Policymakers, similarly, dislike a regulatory void. The urge to fill it with new laws is strong, frequently leading to ...

A common law marriage doesn't involve a marriage license, but it's treated similarly to a traditional marriage in states that recognize this sort of union. Partners in a common law marriage, have ...

I’ve recently been blogging about my new article, The Inherent-Powers Corollary: Judicial Non-Delegation and Federal Common Law, which I’ve posted to SSRN. Here’s a link to my initial post.

In Alito’s draft, the common law era starts in the medieval age that brought forth Henry de Bracton’s groping and castle-locking recommendation and ends with the reception of William ...

February 17, 2022 - Restrictive covenants were once the exclusive province of the common law in each state. That is no longer the case. So far, the applicable law remains state law (although there ...

If you're wanting to say "I do" without officially saying "I do" you'd better do it soon: starting in 2017, there will be no more common law marriages in Alabama. Rep. Mike Jones, R- Andalusia ...