English Common Law: Structure and Principles
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For anyone with an interest in learning about one of the oldest and most influential legal systems in the world.
About the Course
About the Course
The Common Law of England and Wales is one of the major global legal traditions. In order to understand the common law, we need to deal with its history, and the development of its characteristic institutions like the jury, judge made law, parliamentary
sovereignty and due process. We also need to ask some critical questions. What role does democracy play in the development of the common law? To what extent are human rights central to the modern common law? How does the common law of England and Wales relate
to the law of the European Union? Answering these questions will give us insights into the current challenges the law faces and its possible futures.
Recommended Background
This course does not require any existing legal knowledge.
Outline
Week One: Dead Kings and Presidents: A Brief History of the Common Law
Week Two: See You In Court: The Court System and the Common Law
Week Three: Supreme Power: Parliamentary Sovereignty and Law Making
Week Four: Wigs and Pens: Judicial Law Making and the doctrine of Precedent
Week Five: Reading the Riot Act: How Statutes are Interpreted
Week Six: After the War, Before the Peace: The European Union and Human Rights
Week Two: See You In Court: The Court System and the Common Law
Week Three: Supreme Power: Parliamentary Sovereignty and Law Making
Week Four: Wigs and Pens: Judicial Law Making and the doctrine of Precedent
Week Five: Reading the Riot Act: How Statutes are Interpreted
Week Six: After the War, Before the Peace: The European Union and Human Rights
Speaker/s
Professor Adam Gearey
Professor of Law
School of Law, Birkbeck College, University of London
University of London
Professor of Law
School of Law, Birkbeck College, University of London
University of London
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