Editing English law (section)

== Classes of English law ==
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* [[United Kingdom administrative law|Administrative law]]
* [[Arbitration|Arbitration law]]
* [[Charitable organization#England and Wales|Charities]]
* [[Civil procedure in England and Wales]] and [[Legal professions in England and Wales|Legal Services and Institutions]]
* [[Commercial law]]
* [[United Kingdom company law|Company law]]
* [[United Kingdom constitutional law|Constitutional law]]
* [[English contract law|Contract law]]
* [[English criminal law|Criminal law]]{{efn|English criminal law derives its main principles from the common law. The main elements of a crime are the ''[[actus reus]]'' (doing something which is criminally prohibited) and a ''[[mens rea]]'' (having the requisite criminal state of mind, usually [[Intention in English law|intention]] or [[recklessness (law)|recklessness]]). A prosecutor must show that a person has [[Causation in English law|caused]] the offensive conduct, or that the culprit had some pre-existing duty to take steps to avoid a criminal consequence. The types of different crimes ranging from those well-known ones like [[Manslaughter in English law|manslaughter]], [[Murder in English law|murder]], [[Theft in English law|theft]] and [[Robbery in English law|robbery]] to many regulatory and statutory offenses. It is estimated that in the UK, there are 3,500 classes of a criminal offence. Certain defences may exist to crimes, which include [[Self-defence in English law|self-defence]], [[Intention in English law|intention]], [[Necessity in English law|necessity]], [[Duress in English law|duress]], and in the case of a murder charge, diplomatic immunity and under the Homicide Act 1957, [[Diminished responsibility in English law|diminished responsibility]], [[Provocation in English law|provocation]] and, in very rare cases, the survival of a [[suicide pact]]. It has often been suggested that England and Wales should codify its criminal law in an [[English Criminal Code]], but there has been no overwhelming support for this in the past.}}
* [[Criminal procedure|Criminal (law) procedure]]
* [[United Kingdom labour law|Employment]] and [[Agency (law)|Agency]]{{efn|Subject to general laws from incorporated European Regulations and Directives and mainly regulated in the same way across the United Kingdom}}
* [[Equity (law)|Equity]]
* [[United Kingdom banking law|Financial services and institutions]]{{efn|Almost uniform throughout the UK}}
* [[Hearsay in English law|Evidence]] and [[Locus standi|Actionability]]
* [[English family law|Family law (private and public regarding local authorities)]]
* [[Bankruptcy in England|Bankruptcy]] and [[Insolvency (law)|Insolvency]]
* [[Probate#England and Wales|Probate (and intestacy) law]]
* [[English property law|Property law (with tort, contract and criminal overlap) (includes land, landlord and tenant, occupancy, housing conditions and intellectual property law, sales, auctions and repossessions)]]
* [[Maritime law|Maritime law and law of the sea]] (mainly private and public international law)
* [[UK tax system|Taxation, tax credits and benefits law]]{{efn|Harmonised, not uniform, across the UK}}
* [[English tort law|Tort law]]
* [[English trust law|Trust law]]
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