The legal system which originated in England and is the system in use in the United States today and principally relies upon the development of legal principles over time from judicial decisions handed down by appellate courts that establish precedent and a body of law developed by decisions in courts of appeals interpreting the application of the laws created by legislative acts and codified in statues, statues which are applied according to their interpretation of successive precedents established by the courts is known as:
A. stare decisis.
B. canon law.
C. common law.
D. the Napoleonic Code.