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Common Law

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Law established by court decisions rather than by statutes

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Breach of peace

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A conduct that seriously endanger public peace and order.

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Shires

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A district or division of country

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Writ

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Formal written order issued by a court

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Civil Law System

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A legal system which is based on Roman law and centers around codes

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Fealty

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The tenant was bound to his lord by fealty, an oath of fidelity.

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Plaintiff

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A plaintiff is the party who initiates a law suit before the court

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Precedent (case)

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Any case that serves as a guide for similar cases

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Statute

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Rules made by legislative bodies

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Overrule

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To decide that a former decision was not correct

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Treatise

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A Formel and systematic written discourse on some subject

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Material difference

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A difference that is sufficiently important to be of legal consequence

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Barristors

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Rechtsanwalt (in höheren Gerichten)

Presentation of cases in higher courts

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Solicitors

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Rechtsanwalt (in niedrigen Gerichten)

Preparatory stage of court action

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Crown Prosution Service (CPS)

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First national system for the prosecution of offenses. Independent of the police.

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Law Office (of the crown)

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Represents the Crown in certain civil cases.

May appear in proceedings on behalf of the general public

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Judges

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  • First you must be a practicing lawyer
  • Independent
  • Judicial immunity (juristische Immunität)
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Queen’s Counsel

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A status, conferred by the crown, that is recognised by courts.
- “Take silk” QC werden (Silk = bestimmtes Kleidungsstück)

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Men’s rea (Criminal law elements)

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  • mental state or degree of fault
  • at relevant time
  • intention
  • oblique intention -> Foresight by defendant of virtual certainty
  • Recklessness
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Actus reus (Criminal law elements)

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  • Act of doing that wich is criminal

- Surrounding circumstances prescribed by offence defintion

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General defenses (criminal law)

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Justifications

  • Self-Defence/Prevention of Crime
  • Necessity
  • Consent

Excuses

  • Insanity
  • Automatism
  • Infancy
  • Intoxication
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Murder

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Unlawfully killing another person (actus reus) with the intention to kill or to do serious harm (men’s rea)

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Magistrate Courts

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  • deals with petty crimes (criminal) & recovery of certain debts
  • panel of three unpaid lay magistrates
  • assisted by the clerk of the court
  • magistrates don’t have to follow this advise
  • Appeal lies to the High Court (civil matters) & crown court (criminal cases)
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County Courts

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  • established by the county courts act 1846
  • jurisdiction limited to civil cases with small claims & limited geographically (local)
  • all claims less than 15.000 Pfund must start at county court
  • circuit (Bezirks) Judges
  • assisted by district judges
  • appeal lies to Court of Appeal (civil division)
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Crown Court

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  • exclusively criminal jurisdiction
  • deals with serious crimes
  • hears appeals from the magistrate courts
  • trial conducted before a judge
  • jury consisting of 12 lay members of the public
  • appeal lies to Court of appeal (criminal division)
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High Court of Justice

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  • 3 divisions (Queen’s Bench Division, Chancery Division, Family Division)
  • Queen’s Bench Division
    • Wide range of contract law & tort cases (civil wrong)
    • Appeals from magistrate & crown court
  • Chancery Division
    • Land, trusts, insolvency
    • Patent Court
  • Family Division
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Court of Appeal

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  • Civil Division
    • Appeals from the County Court, Family Court & High Court of justice
    • Headed by Master of the Rolls (MR)
  • Criminal Division
    • Appeals from Crown Court
    • Headed by Lord Chief Justice
  • Decisions are binding to all lower courts
  • Permission to appeal is required
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Supreme Court of United Kingdom

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  • Court of last resort
  • Only hears cases with general public importance
  • 12 judges
  • Cannot overturn primary legislation (doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty )
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Law Clerk

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A law clerk is a person who provides assistance to a judge in researching issues before the court and in writing opinions.

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Appeal

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Re-examination of case by higher court

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Outcome in civil cases vs. criminal cases

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Civil Cases: defendant liable or not liable

Criminal Cases: defendant guilty or not guilty

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Use of the Jury

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  • Civil Cases

- rarely in (fraud, defamation, malicious prosecution & false imprisonment)

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Burden of proof

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The party who asserts that something is true must prove that it is.

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Standard of Proof

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Degree of proof that is required to establish the truth of a particular fact.

  • Civil Cases: “on a balance of probabilities”
  • Criminal Cases: “beyond a reasonable doubt”
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Unanimous verdict

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All members of the jury are in agreement as to whether a defendant is guilty or not guilty.

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