Note 51 — II THE EXTENSION OF ROMAN AND ENGLISH LAW THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
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It has undergone little or no change in the process. The Celtic customs disappeared in Wales; the Brehon law, though it was contained in many written texts and was followed over the larger part of Ireland till the days of the Tudors, has left practically no trace in the existing law of Ireland, which is, except as respectsexcept as respects land, some penal matters, and marriage, virtually identical with the law of England.