The English Legal System
This assignment will look at the English legal system. It is fairly complex and
there is a hierarchy between civil courts and criminal courts. As far as the past
500 years the system has keep evolving, such as the law of precedent. In
order to complete the essay successfully, this essay will find out what is law
and how the law systems work in the country. It will attempt to understand the
difference between public law and private law and the difference between civil
and criminal law. It also will evaluate how the English court system work come
up with the difference hierarchy and compare the criminal court and civil court.
Then will find out the meaning of resolving conflicts and analyze …show more content…
The English Law: (Jones, 2015,p.7)
“Law is the body of rules and regulations which govern the activities of person
within a country.” (Jones,2015,p4) The law of each country is only binding
within its territory, which mean freedoms are not absolute. It is the system to
regulates the behavior of citizen. Law can be making by judge passing the
parliament but it is justice and fairness, it can protect the person and also …show more content…
the English Court system has divide
to four different hierarchy such as supreme court, court of appeal, the high
court and crown court, and finally the country court and magistrates court.
Following the diagram, Magistrates Court and Country Court are the lowest
level, in the next tier are the High Court and Crown Court. The two courts are
use to be on criminal cases are the Magistrates Court and Crown Court; the
Country Court and High Court are use to be on civil cases. Dealing with the
issues of criminal and civil cases, these are followed by the Court of Appeal.
The Crown Court has criminal jurisdiction to hear all the offences and
information from the Magistrates Court, the trial usually have 12 juries and a
judge, they will be decide whether the defendant is guilty or not. Then the
defendant can make their choice to appeal against the conviction from the
Crown Court, and sentence to the Court of Appeal; but the