ENG 4339 Lecture 14: english-legal-system-l1s2
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Sheriff or district court in criminal matters), and a northern ireland one (the names are the same as the ones used in the anglo-welsh legal system). English and northern ireland laws are common law based. Law is more complex, being mixed or pluralistic. Grounded in uncodified civil law, dating back to the corpus. Juris civilis, issued, in the 6th century, by emperor justinian, it also features elements of common law with medieval sources. Scots law differs from english law in matters like property law, criminal law, trust law, The supreme court of the united kingdom (formerly, until november 2009, the appellate committee of the. House of lords) stands at the top of these different legal systems and plays a unifying role. It must be noted, however, that it has no appellate jurisdiction in scottish criminal matters where the high court of justiciary is supreme.
