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Introduction to English Law: Overview This introduction is intended for two groups of students; those who already have a law degree, but from a non-common law jurisdiction, and those with a non law background who are studying in some specific area of law (e.g. Medical Law). We have tried to make
The civil law, however, is less obliging, for the varieties of action are much more extensive. Thus, the list includes Contract law, Property law, Family law, and Company law. This list is by no means exhaustive, but there is one type of action that will recur frequently as this book progresses: that of Tort, meaning civil wrong (or
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1 Introduction to legal English 1 1.1 The development of modern English 1 1.2 Sources of legal English 2 1.3 What makes English dif ficult? 2 1.4 What makes legal language dif ficult? 3 2 Elements of legal writing 6 2.1 Articles 6 2.2 Prepositions 7 2.3 Pronouns 8 2.4 Adjectives 10 2.5 Adverbs 11 2.6 Collective nouns 12 2.7 Uncountable nouns 13
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1.1.1 Recognised as being law. The law of England and Wales primarily comes from two sources: Parliament and the courts. In relation to law made by Parliament, as long as a bill is passed by the House of Commons and the House of Lords and receives the royal assent, the resulting Act of Parliament is recognised as law.
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example, we say break the law, but look at these other collocations: Wrong! Right! Break the contract Breach the contract Break a right Infringe/violate a right What are the different types of legal English? In regular English, there are differences between British English, American English, and other variations. This is the same for legal English.
and EU law which is incorporated into UK law Since the 11th century, English common law has developed partly through the decisions of judges and it is accepted that judges do make and change the law. English law is uncodified, which means that unlike other European countries, the laws have not been systemized into a code.
