📓 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)
📝 Note de studiu
- UK are trei sisteme juridice separate.
- Trei sisteme juridice: England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- England & Wales — common law
- Scotland — sistem mixt (common law + civil law)
- Scotland are un sistem juridic mixt care include elemente atât de common law, cât și de civil law.
- Trei sisteme juridice: England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
- England & Wales — common law
- Scotland — sistem mixt (common law + civil law)
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