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THE ENGLISH AND US LEGAL SYSTEM - Coggle Diagram
THE ENGLISH AND US LEGAL SYSTEM
CUSTOM
MUST :
BE CERTAIN
HAVE EXISTED FOR TIME IMMEMORIAL
HAVE BEEN EXERCISED CONTINOUSLY
BE RESONABLE
SOURCES OF ENGLISH LAW
COMMON LAW
SUPREME COURT- HOUSE OF LORDS
COURT OF APPEAL
HIGH COURT / CROWN COURT
COUNTRY COURTS
MAGISTRATES' COURT
EQUITY
CUSTOM
*
STILL ACTIVE IN A LIMITED MANNER
MERCANTILE LAW
BASED
CASE LAW
ADVANTAGE
CERAINTY
PREVIUS DECISION ENSURE PREDICTABILITY
GROWTH
LAW DEVELOPS GRADUALLY THROUGH REAL LIFE CASES
WEALTH OF RULES
A LARGE NUMBER OF CASES
RICH SET OF LEGAL PRINCIPLES
PRACTICALITY
RULES ARE BASED ON ACTUAL SITUATIONS
DISVANTAGE
RIGIDITY
BOUND BY PRECEDENT
JUDGES SOPHISTRY
BULK AND COMPLEXITY
SHEER VOLUME OF CASE LAW
JUDICIAL PRECEDENT
DECLARATORY PRECEDENTS
WHEN A JUDGE APPLIES TO THE FACT
PERSUASIVE PRECEDENTS
JUDGE WILL OFTEN FOLLOW THE EARLIER DECISION
BINDING PRECEDENTS
JUDGE IS BOUND TO APPLY THE LEGAL RULE
HOW TO REFER TO CIVIL CASES
DEFENDANT
ACCOUSED OF AN ILLEGAL ACT IN COURT
RESPONDENT
IF THE PLAINTIFF APPEAL TO THE HOUSE OF LORDS
PLAINTIFF
BROUGHT THE CASE
CASE STUDY
ROE V. WADE
ABORTION RIGHTS
TEXAS LAW PROHIBITED ABORTION
UNLESS
WOMANS LIFE WAS AT RISK
WADE
DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF DALLAS COUNTY
ROE
CHALLENGED THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF TX ABLAW
VIOLATES HER RIGHT TO PRVACY
14TH AMENDMENTS RIGHT
COURT
FIRST TRIMESTER RIGHT TO AN ABORTION
LANDMARK DECISION IN US LEGAL HISTORY
FOUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS
TO LIFE
TO PERSONAL LIBERTY
TO FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
LEGAL RAPRESENTATION
STEVENSON V. DONOGHUE
S. DEFENDANDT
D.
PLAINTIFF
ABORTION LAW IN THE UK
LEGAL
GENERALLY ACCESSIBLE IN THE UK
PROVIDED THROUGH NATIONAL HEALT SERVICE
FREE OF CHARGE
APPEAL
TO THE HOUSE OF LORD