Explain the various defintions of the term “Common Law”
William the conqueror created the Common Law in 1066, when he invaded England.
At the beginning, Common Law was opposed to local laws, wich be effective in the differents parts of England.
He created an only royal Court overhead others.
Thus born precedent system.
The Royal judges travelled to various parts of England where they resolved local disputes.
When they returned in London, their decisions, counted as resolved, were written down, allowing to be read by the other judges.
Soon after, parallels courts were created.
If the parties were dissatisfied by the judges decisions, they appealed to the king.
This one delegated step by step the case to his Chancellor.
The legal system of the Court of Chancery was known as equity.
Consequently, the equity was opposed to Common Law even if it just complements it, it doesn't replace.
At sixteen century, Parliament acquired powers to write the laws.
Statuate law is the laws or Acts passed by Parliament and opposed to the Common Law again.
In that direction, it exist a further and recent source of English law, wich is European law.
April 2016
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