Equity must extend common-law principles to novel wrongs produced by new social conditions

Evidence

It would be a reproach to equitable jurisprudence, if equity were powerless to extend the application of the principles of common law, or of natural justice, in remedying a wrong, which, in the progress of civilization, has been made possible as the result of new social, or commercial conditions. — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process, 1127

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Technological change creates personal-relations harms that rigid common-law rules cannot address — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process: Basic Problems in…, 1127; A picture-based libel claim requires pleading the picture’s defamatory character in the complaint — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process: Basic Problems in…, 1113; The common law adapts to social and economic change — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 1311 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• The common law adapts to social and economic change #corroborates (0.82) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 1311