Law of the United Kingdom
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There is no actual law of the United Kingdom as there is no single legal system; the United Kingdom (UK) contains several independent legal systems which use common law principles, civil law principles, or both. England and Wales as well as Northern Ireland use the common law system, while Scotland uses a hybrid system which combines elements from the common law and the civil law system. The ecclesiastical and the admiralty courts use civil law. Despite the separate legal systems there are many statutes passed by the UK Parliament which apply wholly or partly in two or more jurisdictions, their application and interpretation (where not defined within a statute) being in accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction in which any legal action takes place. Following the implementation of the Government of Wales Act 2006 there will be domesticly-produced legislation in that country ("Assembly Measures") equivalent to Acts of Parliament which will commence a further set of statute law in the United Kingdom but without sub-dividing the current legal system of England and Wales.
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National law
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See also
- Legal systems of the world
- Courts of the United Kingdom
- Constitution of the United Kingdom
- British Nationality Law
- Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
- UK topics
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- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Law_of_the_United_Kingdom" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_the_United_Kingdom, used under the GNU Free Documentation License, Updated January 11, 2007
