Stand Up For Common Law

STAND UP FOR COMMON LAW.  DO NOT STAND FOR ALL THOSE ACTS OF PARLIAMENT WHICH ARE "STATUTES" KNOWN VARIOUSLY AS LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS OR RULES.  THEY ARE NOT LAWS!

English law is the common law legal system governing England and Wales, comprising criminal law and civil law.

English law has no formal codification: the essence of English common law is that it is made by judges sitting in courts applying statute, and legal precedent (stare decisis) from previous cases.  A decision of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, the highest civil appeal court of the United Kingdom, is binding on every other court.

Some rulings are derived from legislation; others, known as common law, are based on rulings of previous courts. For example, murder is a common law crime rather than one established by an Act of Parliament.