ABSTRACT
So, if there was an orange in the basket it could be placed in one of several categories depending on how the division was made. Similarly, classifying law can be done in various ways. The quantity of law that applies in the UK today is very considerable. It is contained in thousands of voluminous tomes of law reports of decided cases judged over many centuries, statutes and regulations passed by Parliament, and a gigantic quantity of European law and European human rights law.
