Le cours de English Law – English legal system et ses fiches :
English law system and common law Distinction between Common law and civil law : Civil law as the traditions, so…
Distinction between Common law and equity: The second meaning of the Common Law can be understood with the one of…
Distinction between Common Law and statute law (written law) : It means that part of law which is contained in…
The Parliament and the parliamentary sovereignity Legislation: law passed directly or indirectly by Parliament. It’s not only the laws…
The legislation : Sources of English law : Legislation is law that is created by the legislature. The most important…
Statutory interpretation: Interpretation is in general the discovering of the meaning of words, this is the search of the meaning…
A domestic source of law : case law : Case law : Law developed by judges through court decisions and…
Stare decisis : definition, advantages, disadvantages... A precedent, known as stare decisis, is a history of judicial decisions which form the…
What is the nature of judge-made law? Judge made law means that judges in interpreting the existing law may need…
Equity: Historical developments: In ordinary language, equity simply means fairness but in English law it applies also to a specific…