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Brief history of English legal institutions before the Conquest.
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Brief history of English legal institutions before the Conquest. Two great systems of law have evolved in the Western world - Roman Law and English law Roman law reached its classical period about the time of Christ. In the C5th some of it was codified by the Emperor Theodosius. A more comprehensive codification was undertaken under the Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian in the C6th AD. When this was re-discovered in the West, in the C12th AD it began to be studied and taught at the University of Bologna in Italy. Before the Romans came, England, Wales and Southern Scotland was inhabited by Britons (Celts). Northern Scotland was inhabited by Picts and later by Scots who invaded from Ireland. Britons' law was administered by Druids. It is thought that the Druids became Christian priests when the old religion became largely superseded by Christianity under the Romans The Roman invasions of 55BC and 54 BC were...
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