English Law

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[...] 1658: the date of death the same year a potent public act was written and recasted him as a traitor 1653: codified constitution The lord protector had all the power, so the difference was very thin between protectorate and monarchy Types of Law and Their Meanings Common law: The British empire and the settlers bring with them thy system and implemented in the new colonies. The ancient colonies most of them voted reception statutes who imported all the new rules of precedent in the colonies. Historical common law (the evolution of English legal system) Common law opposed to equity. Case law (the rule of precedent) Opposed to civil law. [...]

[...] The parties have the right to choose which system to use in a contract because of the "choice of law clause" that is in a contract. For England or Wales, they don't always choose the foreign system because they have enough precedents rules to use. But this doesn't mean that the civil law system is not used, the civil law system has the benefit to be more detailed than the common law. To conclude, the differences of these systems are thinner and thinner with time and the influence that they have on each other. [...]

[...] The law is born in universities. Common law as a foundation for commercial economies. In terms of commercial contracts, the common law system of New York is a significant law used because of his guidance and predictability that comes with the rules of precedent. With the common law system, we can often know in advance if the issue of the contract will be legal or not. In a Legal system with no rules of precedent when a new question is asked, they need to determinate a new decision based on the law, even if the question was already responded in another procedure. [...]

[...] The only religious systems are Muslim countries. Mixed systems: Distinct Singapore has a Muslim court for Muslim citizen, and the the civil can choose between a Muslim court and a civil court; but youcannot appeal a Muslim decision bc the appeal is from the civil law system) Cohabit Quebec has common law and civil law depends on the subject) Interact (Scotland imported a lot of civil law, and the legal law in Scotland is a mix of civil law and common law) The Differences Between Common Law and Civil Law The main difference is that common law is based on the rule of precedent and civil law on code. [...]