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| A non-codified form of law based on long-accepted customs and traditions |
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| The Saxon king _____ preferred his edition of the English law code with the Ten Commandments. |
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| "Father of the Common Law" |
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| _____ wrote the "Institutes of the Common Law" which reflected the Christian roots of the common law. |
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| _____ wrote "Commentaries on the Laws of England", was the most important legal commentator in informing the Founding Father on law, and taught the grounding of the common law as being God's revealed law and the natural law. |
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| _____ strengthened the common law in England when he created a system of royal courts to administer the law. He laid the foundation for trial by jury. |
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| A man is judged guilty or not guilty by a group of his peers. |
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| A man's innocence was determined by his surviving some dangerous ritual. |
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| A man fought his accuser in order to determine guilt or innocence. |
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| A council of wise men who aided the king in making important deicsions |
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| When was the first reference to Parliament? |
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| _____ temporarily gained control of the English government and called representatives of the shires and towns to sit together with the nobles and the clergymen of the Great Council. |
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| _____ further developed representative government when he convened the Model Parliament, a modern form of Parliament consisting of elected representatives from each shire and town along with the nobility and the clergy of the Great Council. |
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| A modern form of Parliament consisting of elected representatives from each shire and town along with the nobility and the clergy of the Great Council. |
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| When was the Model Parliament convened? |
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| House of Lords and House of Commons |
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| What two houses did Parliament divide into? |
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| Later, _____ would become the model for the colonial legislatures in American and for the U.S. Congress. |
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| _____ tried to curtail the freedoms of the English people. |
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| The nobles, in an effort to restore English law and custom, compelled King John to submit to the _____, or Great Charter. |
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| When was the Magna Carta written? |
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| The English monarch's power was strictly limited by the _____. |
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| When was the English Bill of Rights written? |
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| A document issued by the crown which established the relationship between the king and his subjects. |
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