25 сделать перевод на язык ( без ) although britain is a unitary state, england and wales, scotland and northern ireland all have their own legal systems,with considerable differences in law, organisation and practice however, a large amount of modern legislation applies throughout britain the legal system of england and wales comprises both an historic body of conventions known as common law and equity, as well as statute law and european union legislation common law, which is based on custom , made and interpreted in court cases by judjes, forms the basis of the law except when superseded by legislation equity law is a system of law or body of principles originating in the english court of chancery; it consists of a body of historic rules and principles which are applied by the courts. statute(statutory) law consists of acts of parliament and acts of delegated legislation.