Home›Common Law Family›Legal FamilyBrowse ByLegal FamilyFactsLegal FamilySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonPrimary Source of LawWell-attestedJudicial Precedent 1Landmark Formation YearWell-attested1066 1Legal FamilyFilter Results2 entriesGroup TreeAllCommon Law in Africa, Asia and the Mediterranean (1)Common Law in Australasia and the Pacific (2)Common Law in the Americas and the Caribbean (1)Common Law of the British Isles and Its Foundations (1)Origin EraAll1189 (1)1789 (1)1826 (1)1841 (1)1878 (1)1901 (1)1937 (1)1968 (2)1973 (1)1987 (1)Jurisdictions Using ItAllAfrica (1)Antigua and Barbuda (1)Asia (1)Australia (1)Australia (2)Bahamas (1)Bangladesh (1)Barbados (1)Belize (1)Cyprus (1)Dominica (1)Europe (1)Fiji (1)Ghana (1)Grenada (1)Guinea (1)Ireland (1)Jamaica (1)Myanmar (1)Nauru (2)New Zealand (1)North America (1)Papua New Guinea (1)Singapore (1)Tanzania (1)Tonga (1)Trinidad and Tobago (1)Uganda (1)United Kingdom (1)United States (1)Parent Legal SystemAllCommon Law (1)Legal FamilyAllCommon Law (1)Customary Law (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareCommon LawLegal Family26 entriesCustomary LawLegal Family1 entrySources1. Common law (Wikipedia)tier 2WikipediaCommon law, lead section, primary source sentenceCommon law is the body of law primarily developed through judicial decisions rather than statutes.Common law, body section on originsoriginated in the practices of the courts of the English kings in the centuries following the Norman Conquest in 1066.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.