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What are the sources of English law?

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17y ago
Updated: 8/16/2019

English Law stems from a number of sources, but the main one has to be Common Law; in the form of precedent. An example would be; murder - a case a few hundred years ago, would go before a judge and the defendant would be found guilty for the offence of murder; which sets a precedent for all other judges to follow. Now, over time this precedent is reviewed and improved. Most law comes from this, other elements include Acts of Parliament or (after 2000) from European Law.

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