Commonwealth legal systems

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:law
gptkbp:administeredBy courts
judges
magistrates
lawyers
gptkbp:basedOn English common law
gptkbp:characterizedBy judicial independence
precedent
parliamentary sovereignty
adversarial system
gptkbp:date 12th century
gptkbp:feature law reports
legal education
legal aid
jury trials
public prosecution
legal profession divided into barristers and solicitors
appeal courts
codification of statutes
constitutional monarchy (in some jurisdictions)
parliamentary democracy (in some jurisdictions)
written judgments
gptkbp:governedBy gptkb:constitutional_law
gptkb:law
statute law
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Commonwealth legal systems
gptkbp:influenced legal systems of former British colonies
gptkbp:influencedBy British colonial rule
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:England
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Islamic_jurisprudence
customary law
civil law systems
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Bangladesh
gptkb:Barbados
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:Ghana
gptkb:India
gptkb:Jamaica
gptkb:Kenya
gptkb:Malaysia
gptkb:New_Zealand
gptkb:Nigeria
gptkb:Pakistan
gptkb:Singapore
gptkb:South_Africa
gptkb:Sri_Lanka
gptkb:Trinidad_and_Tobago
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:English_law
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5