3) English law course

English law system and common law Distinction between Common law and civil law : Civil law as the traditions, so civil law countries. When French […]

Distinction between Common law and equity: The second meaning of the Common Law can be understood with the one of equity. The heart of Common […]

Distinction between Common Law and statute law (written law) : It means that part of law which is contained in the decision of the court. […]

  The Parliament and the parliamentary sovereignity Les autres fiches de cours : English legal system and difference with the civil lawDistinction between Common law […]

The legislation : Sources of English law : Legislation is law that is created by the legislature. The most important pieces of legislation are Acts […]

Statutory interpretation: Interpretation is in general the discovering of the meaning of words, this is the search of the meaning of a word. Since in […]

A domestic source of law : case law : Case law : Law developed by judges through court decisions and opinions, as distinct from statute […]

 Stare decisis : definition, advantages, disadvantages… A precedent, known as stare decisis, is a history of judicial decisions which form the basis of evaluation for future […]

 What is the nature of judge-made law? Judge made law means that judges in interpreting the existing law may need to make a decision where […]

Equity: Historical developments: In ordinary language, equity simply means fairness but in English law it applies also to a specific set of legal principles. Nowadays, […]