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BRIEF HISTORY OF ENGLISH LAW Until and for a time after the Norman Conquest, English law as we know it did not exist. ... Theses customs were the beginning of legal rules and they varied from one area to another. ... THE NORMANS - established a form of central government, with a uniform legal system - greatly influenced by HENRY 2nd. ... Royal courts had sole jurisdiction over criminal matters - and this gave unity to the legal system. ... CIVIL AND CRIMINAL LAW - laws fall between one or the other. As legal systems develop, laws fall into two main categories: - Civil Law and Criminal Law. CRIMINAL LAW is concerned with conduct of which society disapproves of so strongly that the culprit is punished. ... This is an example of criminal law as this wrongdoing, which causes injury, has an impact on the society CIVIL LAW has a complementary function, but has a radically different meaning. Civil law has developed to determine in a dispute, which of the parties was in the right. ... The object of civil law is therefore, to resolve disputes and to give a remedy to the persons wronged - and not to punish wrongdoers. Example: Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta Jones suing the ‘HELLO’ magazine for publishing pictures of their wedding without their permission, in this case Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta Jones are the claimants who are asking for compensation In civil law, the case judgement depends on the balance of probabilities where as in criminal case the prosecutor has to prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt by providing evidence. Criminal offences are classified into two main levels the most serious ones are called the indictable offences which include murder, rape etc. ... Courts of trial EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE HOUSE OF LORDS COURT OF APPEAL HIGH COURT INFERIOR COURT (Crown court, Magistrate’s court and County court) European Court of Justice: European law does not affect all areas of English law. |
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