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English legal figures Flashcards

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Henry II (1154-89)

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  • Begins to resemble modern law
  • jury system as we use now
  • writ system: need for lawyers
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William I

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Introduced royal court

Introduced common law

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King John

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Signed Magna Carta

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Edward I (1272-1307)

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  • Introduced model parliament in 1295

- signed statute of Westminster 1275

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Henry VIII

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  • Used law for personal ends

- Act of supremacy 1534

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Charles I

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  • believed in divine rights of kings
  • pressured by parliament to sign Petition of Rights 1627
  • English Civil war ‘42-51
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Victoria

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-English judicature acts 1873 & 1875

Fused common law and equity and created Supreme Court

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