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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 (in English,` the admiralty court “). Read the rest of this entry »
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 their judgments on legal rules set in advance, in the common law, judges are more focused on the facts of the case to reach a fair and equitable outcomes for litigants . Read the rest of this entry »
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