{"id":2488,"date":"2015-03-16T21:35:04","date_gmt":"2015-03-16T21:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ourlandstoo.org\/?page_id=2488"},"modified":"2023-04-21T22:15:35","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T22:15:35","slug":"introduction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=2488","title":{"rendered":"Historical Roots of Various Parts of the Legal System:"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The U.S. legal system has been described as an &#8220;amalgamation of law systems&#8221;, with each section deriving from a different culture.\u00a0 This section provides some historical information regarding various sections of our modern day law system. As with all parts of this website, it is a work in progress.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/\/?page_id=3296\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Legal Precepts Adopted into U.S. Law <\/strong><em>(from Europe)<\/em><\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"> through the Constitution<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=3987\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">equity jurisprudence<\/a> &#8211;<\/span> the legal science of applying moral principles and fairness which supersede otherwise <em>literal<\/em> translation of common or statutory law.\u00a0 This system originated in the <a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=12532\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">English Court of Chancery <\/a><\/strong>&lt;in appealing to the equity of the court, she was appealing to the \u201cking\u2019s conscience&#8221;&gt;<strong>.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=7242\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Roman &#8220;Civil Republic&#8221; State Law<\/a> &#8211;<\/span> a &#8220;fixed body of statutes&#8221; designed to eliminate crime &amp; secure private property rights.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=2435\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">admiralty law<\/a> &#8211;<\/span> international commercial law exercising jurisdiction over maritime issues:<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=3983\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">common law<\/a> &#8211;<\/span> body of royal decrees, customs, and judicial decisions based on moral reason instead of statutes or constitutions.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=8127\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Cultural Roots of Indo-European Systems of Law and Equity<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/\/?page_id=7588\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a7<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/\/?page_id=7588\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a7 of Law which came pursuant to the American Revolution<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/\/?page_id=7309\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indian Country Law<\/a> &#8211;<\/span> history, legal term definitions, maps, political associations, and Supreme Court Rulings, Acts of Congress, and Executive Orders which have historically affected and\/or are still in effect.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=2528\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">All Federal Courts<\/a> &#8211;<\/span> histories, purposes, and functions of each.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #993300;\"><strong>References:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Disclaimer:<\/strong><\/span> <strong>All material throughout this website is pertinent to people everywhere, and is being utilized in accordance with <a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/\/?page_id=2191\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fair Use<\/a>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>[1]:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/pdfy-n30dayZwc0wakHT9\">The UCC Connection<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0Howard Freeman<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The U.S. legal system has been described as an &#8220;amalgamation of law systems&#8221;, with each section deriving from a different culture.\u00a0 This section provides some historical information regarding various sections of our modern day law system. As with all parts of this website, it is a work in progress. Legal Precepts Adopted into U.S. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=2488\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Historical Roots of Various Parts of the Legal System:<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2488","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2488"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18632,"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2488\/revisions\/18632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}