SayPro3 Common Law – Common law is that type of law which is established by particular cases as compared to the laws that uses statutes as their guide If a formal written law is followed in a case a judge normally makes his or her verdict based on an explanation of that statute But in case of common law judges regulate a case built upon the particular evidences and conditions in the concerned dispute Moreover in the concerned matter a judge can look to previous verdicts as references In such cases the prior decisions are called precedent