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THE COMMON LAW IN ENGLAND

The common law is distinguished from other legal rights endowed parallel court systems. In the middle ages, for example, common law courts were secular, ecclesiastical courts against the Catholic Church. The common law did not address commercial law, corresponding to the mercantile courts (in English, `commercial courts’), or maritime law, admiralty jurisdiction of the court [...]

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COMMON LAW

The principle underlying the common law is that cases should be resolved by reference to previous judicial decisions, rather than subject exclusively to written laws made by legislative bodies. This principle is what distinguishes the common law system of continental European law and of other countries. While in the continental legal, judges resolve cases basing [...]

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