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The United Kingdom has three legal systems:

English (covering England and Wales)
Scottish
Northern Irish
The College of Law is the largest provider of legal training for lawyers in England and Wales and so this site focuses on how to qualify as an English lawyer.


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English law falls into two categories:

Criminal Law – offences relating to persons or property and affecting the whole community. A criminal case is called a prosecution
Civil Law – wrongs relating to conflicts between individuals within the community. A civil case is called an action or a claim. Most laws are civil laws
The rules governing Civil and Criminal law have evolved from three sources:


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Sources of English Law

Legislation - which includes statutes/Acts of Parliament
Case (or Common) Law - made by judges. It has evolved over centuries from the judgment of cases appearing before the courts. These judgments set precedents against which future cases are judged
European Community Law (which is binding in all UK Legal systems)


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Conflicts

Conflicts which sometimes arise between Common Law and Legislation are dealt with by the courts (legislation takes priority). Where EC law conflicts with national law, the UK courts are required to apply the EC law or to interpret national law to fit in with EC law.

2006-12-14 05:14:58 · answer #1 · answered by The Answer Man 5 · 0 0

1. LEGISLATION. This happens when the Parliament passes laws.

2. ROYAL EDICT. When the English kings still had authority to do this, they would sometimes issue edicts, and they sometimes would be become the law of the land indefinitely.

3. CHURCH LAW. Some of the law regarding rights and responsibilities of clergymen, the control and disposition of church property, and other clerical matters are rooted in rules originally promulgated by the Church

2. TRADITION. Some laws are rooted in the feudal system in Britain. For example, the rights of tenants on estates are based on traditional law. They may never have been explicitly legislated. Also, documents such as the Magna Carta which were negotiated between the king and the nobility are the source of some of English law.

2006-12-14 13:16:38 · answer #2 · answered by Marcella S 5 · 0 0

As with our system, which (except in Louisiana, which is based on the French Civil Law system created by Napolean) is based on the English Common Law system, there are two sources of law in England: Acts of Parliament (such as the Magna Carta) and common law (i.e., case law developed over time as judges decide cases).

2006-12-14 13:10:36 · answer #3 · answered by Timothy S 3 · 0 0

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