law and english legal system

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Law and English Legal System

• what
  • enforcemoable
  • formal social control mechanism
    • structure
      • resolve
      • deal with
    • deterrent
• types
  • Two kinds of legal system
    • common law system(Anglo-American Legal System )
      • UK+ countries or regions of Commonwealth of Nations &HongKong
      • Canda, Australia, India, Malaysia, Singapore, etc.+ USA
    • continental law system/civil law system(Romano-Germanic law system)
      • France, Germany, Japan, Taiwan, Macao
  • key laws
    • Common law
    • Equity
    • Statute law
    • Private law
    • Public law
    • Criminal law
    • Civil law
  • differences
    • continental lay system
      • written law/status law
      • main sources
        • constitution
        • code
        • regulations
      • categories
        • Public law
        • private law
    • common law system
      • case law
      • main source
        • case
      • categories
        • common law
        • equity
  • English law
    • status
      • One of the most important element in Common law system
    • sources
      • case law
        • main sources
      • statute law
        • important source
      • custom
    • structure
      • common law + equity (judge-made laws)
    • common law
      • status
        • The earliest element of the English legal system
      • features
        • made by judges
        • through the principle of Judical Precedent
          • precedent
          • Principle of consistency
          • Also called Doctrine of Precedence / maxim stare decisis
          • Three basic element
            • law reports
            • rules
            • classification
              • binding ones
              • persuasive ones
          • Requirements
            • Proposition of law
            • question of fact
            • The material facts
            • a superior (or in some cases, equal) status
            • Statements made by judges
              • ratio decidendi
                • Principle
                • reason
                • vital binding
                • statements of law appliable to the legal problems
                • used as the basis for the decision
              • obiter dicta
                • by the way
                • not a part of the Ratio Decidendi
                • not binding
                • 2 types
                  • Legal Principle
                  • hypothetical facts
          • status of the court
            • Magistrates’Court
              • bound by
                • High courtThe court of Appeal Supreme Court
              • Decisions binding on
                • No one, not even itself
            • Crown Court
              • bound by
                • High courtThe court of AppealSupreme Court
              • Decisions binding on
                • No one BUT its decisions are reported more widely and are more authoritative
            • The High Court
              • bound by
                • Judge sitting alone The Divisional Court The Court of Appeal Supreme Court
              • Decisions binding on
                • Judge sitting alone Magistrates’ Court County Court Crown Court
              • 3 divisions
                • Chancery
                • Family
                • Queen’s Bench
            • The Court of Appeal
              • bound by
                • Own decisions Supreme Court（one exception）
              • Decisions binding on
                • All inferior English courts；Itself （one exception）
            • Supreme Court
              • bound by
                • Itself（except in exceptional cases）
              • Decisions binding on
                • All English courts；Itself （except in exceptional cases）
            • House of Lords
              • bound by
                • Itself
              • Decisions binding on
                • All English courts；Itself
            • exceptions
        • provides damages as a remedy to the injured party
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