Opinion ID: 2617624
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 9

Heading: except as altered by oklahoma's constitution and her statutes, the common law remains in full force.

Text: To the extent that statutory provisions and this court's jurisprudence construing them do not yield complete answers to the questions posed, we have reached for this State's declared common law to supplement the responses sought. By the mandate of 12 O.S. 1991 § 2 [7] the common law remains in full force unless a constitutional clause or a statute explicitly provides to the contrary. The common law's legislative abrogation may not be effected by mere implication; [8] it must be clearly and plainly expressed. [9] A presumption favors the preservation of common-law rights. [10] In this State's legal tradition the common law forms a dynamic and growing body of rules that changes with the conditions of society. [11]