英国的法律在19世纪中叶以前,主要是习惯法、判例法,它是随着法官的司法活动而逐渐形成和发展起来的,无论是其普通法还是其衡平法,其表现形式都是法院的司法判决,法律的基本原则都存在于判例之中。英国法律的形成和发展,始终离不开法官的活动,法官对英国法律的形成和发展发挥了十分重要的作用。 Before the middle of the 19th century, English law mainly consisted of customary law and case law. It gradually formed and developed along with the judicial activities of judges. Whether it is common law or equitable law, it is in the form of court Judicial decisions, the basic principles of law exist in the jurisprudence. The formation and development of British law has always been inseparable from the activities of judges. Judges have played a very important role in the formation and development of British law.