Classification of the Law Flashcards
1
Q
Name 3 sources of law
A
- Statutes
- Case law
- International conventions
2
Q
What is meant by the term “common law”?
A
- law ‘common to the whole of England’
- the law that comes from the decisions of the judges
- the law of the common law courts (as distinguished from the case law of the courts of equity)
- ‘the common law’ is English law in its widest sense, including legislation, custom and equity. It may even mean the law of other countries that have adopted English law as a starting point (you will often hear these described as common law legal systems, to compare them from civil law legal systems such as France and Spain
3
Q
What Courts deal with Civil Disputes?
A
The Magistrates Court, The County Court, The Crown Court, the Court of Appeal
