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1 Development of Common Law Comparative Law Class 10

2 Norman Law 1066: Battle of Hastings Impact of Norman administration on legal development

3 Medieval English Law King’s Courts (Exchequer, Common Please, King’s Bench) Writ (breve)

4 - Bracton (d. 1268) and Glanvill (d. 1190) Wrote books listing writs then in practice

5 Statute of Westminster II (1285) In consimili casu How was the writ system affected by this statute?

6 English Law and Roman Law Was there a reception of Roman law into English law? How is English law similar to Roman law?

7 Law and Equity Lord Chancellor How did equity develop and why? What rules and remedies did equity develop?

8 Role of Practicing Lawyers What are the Inns of Court? Lincoln’s Inn, Gray’s Inn, Inner Temple, and Middle Temple still exist today How did practicing lawyers affect English law?

9 Inner Temple Hall

10 Seventeenth Century Common law and individual liberties Sir Edward Coke

11 Age of Settlement Peaceful time Eminent judges William Blackstone

12 Nineteenth Century: Reform Why did Jeremy Bentham support codification? Was he successful? How was the law reformed in the 19 th century?

13 The law elsewhere in the British Isles Wales Scotland Channel Islands (eg. Jersey, Guernsey)


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