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Key Features of Common Law or Civil Law Systems

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Key Features of Common Law or Civil Law Systems

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Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1Different types of sources of law within English legal system.......................................................1CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6
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INTRODUCTIONConstitution is a written document which is comprised of various rules, principles andprovision, required to run a country. It helps in describing all the rules and laws being framed bythe government which are required to be followed by each and every individual belonging to thatterritory. The present report is responsible for making comprehensive discussion regardingvarious types of sources of law within English legal system. The wide range of sources include,Legislation, Common law, Human rights act and European union law. Legislation is inclusive ofthe statutes which has been converted into any act or law after several readings and amendments.Common law is related to the decisions made by the court that ultimately gets converted into lawand all the other decision are made considering it. Human rights act and EU law ensures thatthese two are not hampered during the preparation of new statutes and legislations. Different types of sources of law within English legal systemSources of law are considered to be the origin, which bind rules enabling the state to governits territory. English law has been created with the help of four sources. These are legislations,case (common) laws, human right laws and European Union (EU) laws1. Parliament isconsidered to be the supreme law-making authority with exception of EU law. The four laws aredescribed as under:LegislationThe legislations are created by the parliament starts as a bill. Government MPs brings thepublic bill which has to go through several stages in the form of first and second readings, passstages of committee and also indulged into third reading before it goes to the House of Lords forrevision initiating certain amendments in it2. The bill can be converted in law only if it has beenable to receive Royal assent. However, in case of devolved law, it comes from persons or bodieswhich have already been able to get authorization from parliament in order to enact laws. It isimportant for devolved laws to come from parent and enabling act and be consistent3. One of theexamples that can be discussed in lieu of the same is Scotland Act 1998 which was passed by1Rizzo, C. R. and Pérez, M. J. M., 2012. Structure and design of the British Law Report Corpus(BLRC): a legal corpus of judicial decisions from the UK.Journal of English Studies.10.pp.131-145.2Preston-Shoot, M. and McKimm, J., 2012. Tutor and student experiences of teaching andlearning law in UK social work education.Social Work Education.31(7). pp.896-913.3Tavner, P., 2012. Offshore Wind Turbines: Reliability.Availability and Maintenance, TheInstitution of Engineering and Technology, London, UK.1
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