The unwritten law, especially of England, based on custom or court decision, and distinct from statute law, is called?

• A. Common Law
• B. Statutory law
• C. Administrative law
• D. Fiduciary duty

Answer: (A)

Common law is the unwritten system that develops from long-standing customs and from decisions made by judges in courts. In England, this tradition means that when there isn’t a statute spell­ing out the rule for a particular situation, courts interpret the issue and establish rules that become precedent for future cases. This stands in contrast to statutory law, which is written and enacted by Parliament, and to administrative law, which comes from government agency regulations. Fiduciary duty is a specific obligation within certain relationships, not a broad system of law. So the description points to common law—the body of law built from custom and court decisions rather than statutes.