UK LEGAL SYSTEMS

Common Law is..

• an Act

• Law made by judge decisions

• Law made by Parliament

Statute Law is..

• Case Law

• Judge-made Law

• Parliament made Law

What is the highest Court in the English Court system?

• High Court

• Crown court

• Supreme Court

Jurisdiction is..

• the power of a court to hear a case

• the authority of the court to determine a matter

• All of the above

Precedent is...

• Basically the judge needs to follow another Judges decision

• Basically if the cases are similar, the judgements should be similar

• basically difficult to understand

Who contibuted more to the birth of common law?

• the king's laws

• Judges

• Parliament

• The QUEEN

Which is the main source of law in common law systems?

• the law itself
• statutes
• judicial cases
• codes

How do common law judges treat precedents set by higher courts?

• they can choose whether they want to abide to the precedent or not
• they have to stick to the precedent
• they can simply ignore the precedent
• they can apply the same rule stated in the precedent or change it if they don't like it, explaining why they don't apply it

Which system is regarded as more flexible?

• civil law system
• common law system
• both
• common law, according to common law legal minds and civil law according to civil law legal minds

The Sources of law in the UK are as follows:

• European Community law and international law

• Common law, and primary and secondary acts of Parliament

• Case law, primary & secondary legislation, European and international law

• Constructional law, criminal law and civil law