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Assignment in Business Law Law 151 Michael Conneely Contract and Sources of Law Q.1: What are the sources of English Law? Which do you consider to be the most important? Every legal system is based on the original sources from which authority is drawn. There are many examples in history, when these will go back only as far as some revolutionary overthrow of a previous social order. E.g. there cannot be much of Tsarist law which is of influence in Soviet society today. Contrary to this, other revolutions were less complicated. American law still has its roots in English law bearing in mind the Declaration of Independence as well as the law of England was not much changed during the Civil War of 1649.(1) The main sources of English law that I am going to overview in my essays are as follows: (a) Legislation (b) Judicial precedent (c) Common Law (a) Legislation. In a sovereign state the fountain of...

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