31: Introduction to the Common Law

🗒️ About this episode: "The common law has played an extremely important role in shaping the English legal system that we know today." Today's episode is about the common law. The episode includes:

• The origins of common law;
• Comparing common law to civil law;
• Learning about the way case law is reported;
• Discussing some key legal English vocabulary.

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