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Kirsty Mellor What Are The Sources Of English Law? The Norman Conquest unified the local customs in 'common law', and this saw the emergence of judicial activity. 'Common law' was never written down, but was established by judges discussing various customs used throughout the country, discarding some to allow consistency to prevail. Other changes took place, including the development of 'case law' in which, if the facts of a case are similar to that of another that has already been decided, then that case must be judged equally, as the first case had set a 'precedent'. Also the hierarchy of the binding precedents came into place. European Court of Justice House of Lords Court of Appeal Divisional Court High Court Crown Court/ County Court/ Magistrates Court In recent times, legalisation; (statute law/ acts of parliament) and laws made by government ministers and their departments, delegated legislation is most prevalent. Now we have Law commissions who spot obsolete acts and recommend...

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