How Judges Make Law (UK) .
Date Submitted: 09/30/2002 08:07:06
Category: / Law & Government / Law Issues
Length: 5 pages (1363 words)
Category: / Law & Government / Law Issues
Length: 5 pages (1363 words)
Judges have an important role within the English legal system. William the Conqueror, after he gained the English throne in 1066, was the first person to begin the long process of standardising the law. Before this law was mainly based on local custom, and so obviously varied a great deal from place to place, and throughout this time the king would have had hardly any control over the country as a whole.
During William the Conquerors …
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…might be treated quite differently. Because of these reasons the principle of stare decisis was established.
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