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美国法律直接导源于英国移民带到新大陆的英国法律。美国革命后,联邦各州(除路易斯安那州以外)正式采纳作为其本身的法律基础。在西方法律传统中属于英国法系(也称英美法系或普通法系)。该法系承认立法和判例同为其法律制度的两大渊源。但美国法律自始便富于立法和司法的创新特色。美国立国之初,便从其继承的英国法
American law is directly derived from British law brought by British immigrants to the New World. After the American Revolution, the federal states (other than Louisiana) officially adopted as their own legal basis. In the Western legal tradition, it belongs to the English legal system (also known as Anglo-American legal system or common law system). The law recognizes the two sources of legislation and jurisprudence as its legal system. However, American law has been enriched by the innovative features of legislation and the judiciary from the beginning. The United States inherited the British law from the very beginning of its founding