📓 Chapter 5: The UK Government, the Law and Your Role
5.4.1 The legal system
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The UK has three separate legal systems: one for England and Wales, one for Scotland, and one for Northern Ireland. Each has its own courts and legal traditions. In England and Wales, the legal system is based on common law (law developed through court decisions). Scotland has a mixed legal system that includes elements of both common law and civil law (based on Roman law).
Key Facts
- Three legal systems: England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- England & Wales — common law
- Scotland — mixed system (common law + civil law)
📝 Notas de estudio
- El UK tiene tres sistemas legales separados.
- Tres sistemas legales: England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- England & Wales — common law
- Scotland — sistema mixto (common law + civil law)
- Scotland tiene un sistema legal mixto que incluye elementos tanto de common law como de civil law.
- Tres sistemas legales: England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- England & Wales — common law
- Scotland — sistema mixto (common law + civil law)
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