WORLD HISTORY

NATIONALISM IN EUROPE

EUROPEAN NATION STATES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The use of “common law” began during the reign of which English monarch?
A
Edward I
B
Henry II
C
King John
D
William the Conqueror
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The legal reforms implemented under Henry II produced a body of law and custom that formed the basis of the English Common Law. Institutions seen as the foundation for legal administration and procedural due process owe their existence to these assizes and ordinances instituted during the twelfth century.

Detailed explanation-2: -The common law is the law declared by judges, derived from custom and precedent. It originated with the legal reforms of King Henry II in the 12th century and was called “common” because it applied equally across the whole country.

Detailed explanation-3: -Henry II: Father of the Common Law.

Detailed explanation-4: -Henry II can be given large credit for the development of a royal court staffed by professional judges and functioning throughout England in regular circuits. He also had a large part in making trial by jury one of the institutions of the common law.

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