UK legal system
Introduction
This introduction contains information on:
The Court System
Legislation
Approved Codes of Practice (ACOPs) and Guidance
In England and Wales, the Norman Conquest saw the rationalisation of the laws of the land, a process which laid down the foundations of the current legal system through the encouragement of principles of law which were common to the realm, namely Common Law.
The Act of Union in 1536 controversially stated that the law courts in Wales had to use the English language, and that Wales were to be ruled under the law of England. Under the...
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