The English legal system has many sources of law including European law, statute law, case law, and custom law. Statute law and case law are the two major sources of law and will be discussed in this essay. Firstly though, this essay will discuss and evaluate the civil and criminal court systems and the hierarchy of the courts. It will then go on to critically assess the doctrine of judicial precedent, and theories of declaratory and original law. Finally, this essay will analyse the process of making legislation and evaluate the rules of statutory interpretation.
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