Lesnota's en samenvatting Introduction to common law & legal English

Samenvatting Common Law
Common Law and English Legal Terminology
Common Law

 Common law has several meanings :
o Law developed by judges in the 11th and 12th century to form a ‘common’ law
for the whole country (as opposed to the situation prior to the Norman
conquest).
o The rules (substantive and procedural) developed by judges; ‘judge-made law’
o Legal systems based on the English legal system; ‘common law systems’ (as
opposed to civil law systems)
o Law used in common law courts prior to the reorganization of the court
structure in 1873-75 (as opposed to Equity in the Chancery courts).
 EU countries with a common law system are:
o England and Wales; Northern Ireland
o Republic of Ireland
o Malta (mixed system with common law)
o Cyprus
 The legal systems of
the United Kingdom
o The United King of Great Britain and Northern Ireland consists of four nations,
with distinct legal systems for:
 England and Wales
 Northern Ireland
 Scotland
 Great Britain
o Great Britain consists of
 England
 Wales
 Wales was conquered and its very distinct system lost
 Scotland
 Scotland has never had the same legal system (union of the
crowns followed by union of the parliaments…acts of union…
education, law, Church)