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Common Law

By travisf23
  • 1066

    The Common Law starts at the Norman Conquest

  • Period: 1100 to 1200

    Doctrine of precedents established

  • 1154

    Henry II becomes King of England

    People were tried at several courts, with most having to prove their innocence with trial by order or trial by combat. Judges started keeping records of their decisions, referring back to them when hearing similar cases.
  • 1300

    Influences of foreign legal systems

    The term "common law" is often used as a contrast to "civil law" derived from the Romans but the processes and reasonings in both of them are different.

  • Adoption of the Seventh Amendment

  • Courts of Equity and Common law combined.