How old is a tradition?

**gilmore** · 22nd September 07, 08:23 PM

Originally Posted by Archangel

There is no such thing as Anglo American "common law". Two separate countries sharing an arbitrary law structure, highly unlikely don't you think?

I'm not even sure that America, the U.S., has such a thing as "common law". I have the feeling that part of the uprising in 1766 was to get rid of that.

The UK does, although that is being reduced. It's still strong in Scotland's law. I hope somebody in the UK can update us on that.

You can google it to find the references, I did, successfully.

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I love it when lay people attempt to come up with legal opinions. It's what keeps attorneys in business.

The American colonies and the UK shared a legal tradition until 1776. That traditon is called Anglo-American common law. US law still follows the precedence of opinions written before that date. Very ocassionally they are still cited.

BTW I googled "anything twice done becomes a tradition" and found nothing.