POLI 343 Lecture Notes - Canadian Judicial Council, Curia Regis, Living Tree Doctrine
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The tribes" laws were based on custom and practice not decisions or statues, etc. Emergence of the common law: norman invasion: William wanted to unify political control over the political elites. William"s rules were based on aristocratic powers. He divided the royal courts of justice into 3 groups. He also took another set of aristocrats called the curia regis (aka kings. Council) of monarchy, making them his political advisors. The curia regis provided advice on governance and established a royal beaucracy that created: chancery (deal with budgets; they spend money, exchequer (deal with finance; they raise money) This beaucracy allowed william to control his political system and create new positions such as sheriffs (policing) William wanted a single body law (unify law); in addition, he created 3 courts: court of common pleas: Deals with civil and land disputes: court of kings bench: deals with criminal matters, court of the exchequer: dealt with legal matters that deal with the monarchies finances.