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Why is the US a common law?

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Anonymous

15y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

The US is NOT a common-law jurisdiction. Many of the laws in effect in the US have their origin in so-called Common Law, mostly originating in England, but all the laws now in effect in the United States are statutory, not common.

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