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Common law and equity
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Common law and equity Assignment1 To describe the differences between common law and equity, I first have to describe what common law is and were it originated from. The English legal system is based on Norman law and is a common law system. Before the Norman conquest different areas of England were governed by different systems of law that were made by past rulers or invaders who settled in that area. When William I invaded England in 1066ad he found England to have no single system of law. Law was mainly sets of customary rules, which differed from area to area i.e. Manchester would have different rules to Newcastle. The legal system consisted of local courts known as the BOUROUGH, SHIRE and HUNDRED COURTS; there was no such thing as a nationwide English law. The invasion of William the conqueror in 1066 was to mark the beginning of law system that we...
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