HIST-1107EL Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Medical Law, Sovereign Council Of New France, Assizes

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The rationalisation of the judicial institutions was also rapidly undertaken in france after. 1789 and the reform took place in 1791: the french judicial structure was also introduced in other countries, separate law courts were established for civil, commercial and criminal affairs, hierarchical structure for each branch of the law. 424 blackstone and the consolidation of the common. England had its political revolution in the 17th century and had had a national legal system for centuries. Common law remained dominant by consistently adding new interpretations to the law of the land, english judges were able to renew the law from within. Equity was transformed into a body of positive law as well; since 1875 the courts could apply both systems side by side. Lawyers were educated at the inns of court where they were trained in the practices of the courts. At the end of the 18th century william blackstone commentaries on the laws of england.