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law and the american revolution
Title: law and the american revolution
Category: History
Details: Words: 1093 | Pages: 4.7 (approximately 235 words/page)
law and the american revolution
English law, structure and traditions, was the basis for the early American justice system. The biggest influence on American law was English common-law or judge made law as it is sometimes called. English Common-law is legal precedent based on judges rulings in different courts in England such as: "Kings Bench which dealt with crimes, the Court of Common Pleas which dealt with disputes over property and personal injuries, and the Court of Exchequer which had …showed first 75 words of 1093 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1093 total…of the empire. But they insisted that the British principal of consent by the governed, the ancient charters that guaranteed them the rights of Englishman, and the customary practices of the previous 150 years all precluded Parliament from substituting its laws for those of the Colonial assemblies.” Some believe that if England and the colonies agreed on the rights of Parliament to pass laws governing the colonies that possibly the American Revolution may not have happened.
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