US legal system in the context of English legal heritage and theory of the natural rights of John Locke
The paper discusses several characteristics of the US legal system that rest upon English legal heritage, brought from England to North America by the first colonists. The author starts from the premise that constant modifications of basic principles of English common law system and legal and judici...
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| description | The paper discusses several characteristics of the US legal system that rest upon English legal heritage, brought from England to North America by the first colonists. The author starts from the premise that constant modifications of basic principles of English common law system and legal and judicial practice gave rise to a specific US legal system that has a dual nature, based on common law principles on the one hand and the letter of the written law on the other. The paper also analyzes the legacy of the philosophical system of John Locke on natural rights, the status of property and the government on establishing American political and legal thought, embodied in the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-14c30ba3eea841f6999f283d427faf792022-12-21T19:16:56ZengInstitute of Comparative Law, BelgradeStrani pravni život0039-21382620-11272018-01-0120184951060039-21381804095BUS legal system in the context of English legal heritage and theory of the natural rights of John LockeBekčić-Pješčić Gordana0nemaThe paper discusses several characteristics of the US legal system that rest upon English legal heritage, brought from England to North America by the first colonists. The author starts from the premise that constant modifications of basic principles of English common law system and legal and judicial practice gave rise to a specific US legal system that has a dual nature, based on common law principles on the one hand and the letter of the written law on the other. The paper also analyzes the legacy of the philosophical system of John Locke on natural rights, the status of property and the government on establishing American political and legal thought, embodied in the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights.https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0039-2138/2018/0039-21381804095B.pdfus legal systemlegal heritageus constitutioncommon lawnatural rightsjudicial reviewprecedent |
| spellingShingle | Bekčić-Pješčić Gordana US legal system in the context of English legal heritage and theory of the natural rights of John Locke Strani pravni život us legal system legal heritage us constitution common law natural rights judicial review precedent |
| title | US legal system in the context of English legal heritage and theory of the natural rights of John Locke |
| title_full | US legal system in the context of English legal heritage and theory of the natural rights of John Locke |
| title_fullStr | US legal system in the context of English legal heritage and theory of the natural rights of John Locke |
| title_full_unstemmed | US legal system in the context of English legal heritage and theory of the natural rights of John Locke |
| title_short | US legal system in the context of English legal heritage and theory of the natural rights of John Locke |
| title_sort | us legal system in the context of english legal heritage and theory of the natural rights of john locke |
| topic | us legal system legal heritage us constitution common law natural rights judicial review precedent |
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