English law
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English law is the common law legal system of England and Wales, characterized by judge-made precedent, an adversarial court process, and significant historical influence on many other legal systems worldwide.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| English common law | 8 |
| England and Wales law | 1 |
| tort law of England and Wales | 1 |
Statements (65)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
common law system
ⓘ
legal system ⓘ |
| appliesInJurisdiction | England and Wales ⓘ |
| developedFrom |
medieval English common law
ⓘ
royal courts of England ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
adversarial procedure
ⓘ
case law based ⓘ incremental development of rules ⓘ judge-made precedent ⓘ stare decisis ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
administrative law of England and Wales
ⓘ
civil law of England and Wales ⓘ company law of the United Kingdom ⓘ constitutional law of the United Kingdom ⓘ contract law of England and Wales ⓘ criminal law of England and Wales ⓘ employment law of the United Kingdom ⓘ equity ⓘ family law of England and Wales ⓘ private law of England and Wales ⓘ property law of England and Wales ⓘ public law of England and Wales ⓘ English law self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
tort law of England and Wales
trusts law of England and Wales ⓘ |
| hasCourtSystem |
County courts of England and Wales
ⓘ
Court of Appeal of England and Wales ⓘ Crown Court of England and Wales ⓘ High Court of Justice of England and Wales ⓘ Magistrates' courts of England and Wales ⓘ Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalOrigin |
Court of Common Pleas
ⓘ
Court of Exchequer ⓘ Court of King’s Bench ⓘ
surface form:
King's Bench
|
| hasKeyStatute |
English Bill of Rights
ⓘ
surface form:
Bill of Rights 1689
Human Rights Act 1998 ⓘ Judicature Acts ⓘ Magna Carta ⓘ |
| hasLegalProfession |
barristers
ⓘ
judges ⓘ legal executives ⓘ magistrates ⓘ solicitors ⓘ |
| hasLegalTradition | common law ⓘ |
| hasSource |
Acts of Parliament
ⓘ
European Convention on Human Rights ⓘ judicial decisions ⓘ royal prerogative ⓘ statutory instruments ⓘ |
| influenced |
Australian law
ⓘ
Canadian law ⓘ Hong Kong law ⓘ Indian law ⓘ Irish law ⓘ New Zealand law ⓘ Singapore law ⓘ United States law ⓘ many Commonwealth legal systems ⓘ |
| isDistinctFrom |
Northern Ireland law
ⓘ
Scots law (to a limited extent) ⓘ
surface form:
Scots law
|
| isPartOf | law of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| recognizesDoctrine |
binding precedent
ⓘ
parliamentary sovereignty ⓘ rule of law ⓘ separation of powers ⓘ |
| usesLanguage | English ⓘ |
Referenced by (28)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
tort law of England and Wales
subject surface form:
Seething Lane
this entity surface form:
England and Wales law
this entity surface form:
English common law
this entity surface form:
English common law
this entity surface form:
English common law
this entity surface form:
English common law
subject surface form:
Dame Anne Rafferty
this entity surface form:
English common law
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English common law
this entity surface form:
English common law
this entity surface form:
English common law