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Our legal system is English to the core.
Unless, of course you are Louisiana (state), then you are Code Napolean.
My answer answered about Laws, not Common Law.
Does the use of British Common Law as precedent in United States courts carry with it a class bias in favor of the rich?
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tynamite
Alan
Adisa, you re so wrong!. Every state east of the Mississippi adopted the Common Law of England after the revolution. The very structure of US Courts is based on their English counterparts. Courts of Law; Courts of Equity (Chancery) Law = trial by jury Chancery = no right to a jury.Our legal system is English to the core.
Unless, of course you are Louisiana (state), then you are Code Napolean.
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Me
Thanks for clarifying this to me. I was asked to answer this question by someone else, so I'm confused as this is outside of what I know.My answer answered about Laws, not Common Law.
If you're asking whether British law favours the rich, I can happily tell you that it doesn't. It favours the powerful. That's why the person who put a cream pie in Rupert Murdoch's face got sentenced to a year in prison for causing harm and distress. The outcome of a court case isn't thankfully correlated to money as it is in the US, where the most expensive lawyer can win any court case, no matter what the laws are.