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What do I Think About the English Legal System
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What do I Think About the English Legal System? Jessica Chesterman 27/09/05 The English legal system is based on Common Law as opposed to Civil Law. Common Law is a system whereby Judges apply judgment derived from experience as well as knowledge of legal precedent; a system based on customs. Whereas Civil Law, which developed out of the Roman Law of Justinian's Corpus Juris Civilis, is mainly based on written legislation, thus judgements are made on the provisions of codes and statutes; a system based on written doctrine. The English Legal System is extensive and very complicated therefore, I have decided for the purposes of this essay to discuss areas in which I have sufficient knowledge to form an opinion and conclude as a whole from these discussions. I will begin with why laws are made i.e. who by and who for, the constantly changing nature of English society and how this...
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