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Sources of Anglo-American law
Tereza Rašková
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Legal systems
Continental law system
Anglo-American law system
Islamic law
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Legal systems
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Anglo-American law system
We distinguish two groups of sources:
Primary (principal) sources Statutes (legislation) Common law Case law
Secondary (subsidiary) sources Customes Books of authority
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Statutes (legislation)
also „black letter law“
formal written enactments of a legislative authority of the country
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Statutes (legislation)
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Common law
rules which have been developed entirely by judicial decisions
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Common law
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Case law
also judge-made law
resulting from judicial decision and interpretation of legislation
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Primary sources
common lawlegislation
case law
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Customes & Books of authority
customes = established pattern of behavior
books of authority = law books, reference works, government publications, parliamentary debates
(http://openlibrary.org/works/OL14997115W/The_Parliamentary_Debates)
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Supremacy of law
in the past: „not even king is above the law“
now: checking acts of government agencies by highest court
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Summary
Sources Primary Secondary
Today statutes are more important than rules of common law (solving new cases)
Supremacy of law
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Thank you for your attention!
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