English Law 1200-1800

Procedure

No appeals until 19th Century

No right of a defendant to due process of law until the 18th century

Case Law and Precedent  (stare decisis)

Legislation

Parliament

King Edward I's (1272-1307) Legislation

 

A Land without Jurists

Bracton 13th Century

Edward Coke 1562-1634: Institutes

Sir William Blackstone 1723-1780: Commentaries