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  In jurisdictions around the world [ edit ] The common law constitutes the basis of the legal systems of: Australia  (both federal and individual states), Bangladesh , Belize , Brunei, Canada (both  federal  and the  individual provinces  (except Quebec)), the Caribbean jurisdictions of Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Bahamas, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Trinidad and Tobago, Ghana, Hong Kong , India , Ireland , Israel , Kenya, Nigeria Malaysia , Myanmar, New Zealand , Pakistan , Philippines , Singapore , South Africa , United Kingdom: England and Wales , Northern Ireland , United States (both the  federal  system and the individual  states  (with the partial exception of  Louisiana )), and many other generally  English-speaking countries  or  Commonwealth  countries (except the UK's  Scotland , which is  bijuridicial , and  Malta ). Essentially,...

  The common law —so named because it was "common" to all the king's courts across England— originated in the practices of the courts of the English kings in the centuries following the   Norman Conquest   in 1066 . [10]   The   British Empire   later spread the English legal system to its far flung colonies, many of which retain the common law system today. These "common law systems" are   legal systems   that give great weight to judicial precedent, and to the style of reasoning inherited from the   English   legal system. [11] [12] [13] [14] In  law ,  common law  (also known as judicial  precedent  or judge-made law, or  case law ) is the body of law created by judges and similar quasi-judicial  tribunals  by virtue of being stated in written opinions. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]  The defining characteristic of “common law” is that it arises as  precedent .  In cases where the partie...