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This is a list of lists of acts of the several Parliaments and Assemblies that exist or formerly existed in the United Kingdom and the former Kingdoms of Great Britain, England, Scotland and Ireland, grouped by the Parliament or Assembly that passed them. It also contains information on series of acts of similar purpose.
For the legislation of the kingdoms of the Heptarchy, see also Anglo-Saxon law. For Wales, see also Cyfraith Hywel. List of legislation in the United Kingdom; List of acts of the Parliament of England; List of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain; List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom; List of acts of the Parliament of ...
This is a list of medieval statutes and other laws issued under royal authority in the Kingdom of England before the development of Parliament. These instruments are not considered to be Acts of Parliament , which can be found instead at the List of acts of the Parliament of England .
The United Kingdom has three distinctly different [1] legal systems, each of which derives from a particular geographical area for a variety of historical reasons: English law (in the joint jurisdiction of England and Wales), Scots law, Northern Ireland law, [2] and, since 2007, calls for a fourth type, that of purely Welsh law as a result of ...
Law in the state of Louisiana is based on French and Spanish civil law. Federal courts and 49 states use the legal system based on English common law (see below), which has diverged somewhat since the mid-nineteenth century in that they look to each other's cases for guidance on issues of the first impression and rarely look at contemporary ...
The Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542 annexed Wales to England [19] to create the single legal entity, though legal differences remained. Further Acts meant this combined territory was referred to in law simply as 'England' from 1746 until 1967. Wales was described (in varying combinations) as the "country", "principality", and "dominion" of Wales.
English law is the common law legal system of England and Wales, comprising mainly criminal law and civil law, each branch having its own courts and procedures. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The judiciary is independent , and legal principles like fairness , equality before the law , and the right to a fair trial are foundational to the system.
Laws passed by parliaments in the United Kingdom and predecessor states. Statutes passed before 1707, by the pre-Union Parliament of England and Parliament of Scotland are only listed under Category:Acts of the Parliament of England and Category:Acts of the Parliament of Scotland respectively.