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The nature of law in society.
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The nature of law in society The law is a civilising influence with in the society. 1.The English legal system of law is based on the age-old system of precedent, which can be strict and inflexible. It has slowly been evolving over time and can be traced back as far as 1066. Before the Norman Conquest there was no centralised legal system. Different areas of England were governed by different systems of law: Dane law applied in the North, Mercian - in the Midlands, and Wessex law around South and West. They all were based on local custom, which varied from place to place. The king had little control over the country, and there was no effective central government. It was a system for the aristocracy, landowners or merchants. However, the administrative ability of the Normans began to process destined to lead to a unified system of law, which was nevertheless evolutionary in...
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