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- 2. The common law system This is an introduction to the historical origins of the legal tradition
- 3. Countries adopting the common law Australia Bangladesh Barbados Botswana Cameroon Canada Cyprus Ghana Guyana Hong Kong
- 4. Blue: civil law systems; red: common law systems; orange: Islamic law systems; brown: other systems.
- 5. Roman rule of England Rome conquered large parts of England in the 1st century CE and
- 7. 1066: Norman Conquest In 1066 the Normans of Duke William II defeat the Saxons and conquer
- 8. The new royal courts Williams' central administration doesn't remove the traditional courts of justice for local
- 9. Competences of the royal courts The Court of Exchequer originated within the financial and fiscal side
- 10. The royal courts vs. the rural courts The King's Bench issued writs of mandamus, prohibition, certiorari,
- 11. Glossary: Writs Writ: a form of written command in the name of a court or other
- 12. Writ system Jurisdiction of the common law courts was severely limited by a writ system. A
- 13. The Magna Carta The progressive loss of jurisdiction of the rural courts contributed to induce revolt
- 14. Ecclesiastical Courts (1) Ecclesiastical courts persisted as rivals to the royal courts longer than the rural
- 15. Ecclesiastical Courts (2) For many centuries, this jurisdiction over clergy was expanded to protect persons with
- 16. Equity (1) The writ system was rigid and inflexible. A plaintiff (= a person who brings
- 17. Equity (2) Soon a formal Court of Chancery was created to assume jurisdiction of pleas in
- 18. Justices of the Peace (1) The soldiers returning from the Crusades of the 12th century disrupted
- 19. Justices of the Peace (2) Lesser offenses were tried directly by these lay (= non professional)
- 20. The Tudor period (1485-1603) (1) Henry VII (1485-1509), the first of the Tudor kings, created the
- 21. The Tudor period (1485-1603) (2) In this period, the Parliament is established as a legislative chamber
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