Research work · 2010

Analysis on the Causes of British Equity Law

Yu Cao

Journal of Qinzhou University

Abstract

Equity law refers to a set of independent principles,norms,and court system which developed from the judicial practice of lord chancellor and aiming at remedying the shortage of common law.The cause of equity law include profound social,economic and legal background.The superficial reason is that the British law then could not cope with the changes of development;the deep root of equity is that owing to the expansion of feudal monarchy,church courts were limited to a small space and could not play their original social role,and the common law could not fill this gap because of its own limitations,in that case,equity law emerged to make up the shortage of common law.