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The Development of the English Legal System
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The Development Of The English Legal System * Explain the development of the common law and equity And * Critically comment on the role of equity today. Pre Norman Conquest (1066), there were no strong central government and no national laws. However, customary laws and rules were preserved by leaders and elders were handed down. The rules varied from area to area. When the Normans arrived, despite agreeing with some of the customs and laws, they wanted a system of law that applied to the whole country, as oppose to the laws being different in subsequent areas. The Normans wanted a common law, on which applied to all and affected all persons alike, i.e. law for all. Important local customs were encouraged and unimportant ones discarded. The effect of the Norman Conquest lead to the motion of the unification of these customs into a centralised system of law, with the King at it's...
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