The Development of English Law (OCR A-Level Law): Flashcards
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Earliest form of English law
Earliest form of English law
Custom
Process: custom becoming formal law
Process: custom becoming formal law
'Harden into rights'
Law created through judicial decisions
Law created through judicial decisions
Common law
Authoritative decisions judges must follow
Authoritative decisions judges must follow
Precedents
Common law crime never defined by Parliament
Common law crime never defined by Parliament
Murder
Principles supplementing common law rules
Principles supplementing common law rules
Equity
Acts merging equity & common law courts (1870s)
Acts merging equity & common law courts (1870s)
Judicature Acts
3 equitable remedies
3 equitable remedies
Injunctions, specific performance, estoppel
Supreme source of law in UK
Supreme source of law in UK
Statutes (Acts of Parliament)
Principle: statutes override conflicting law
Principle: statutes override conflicting law
Parliamentary supremacy