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English law, structure and traditions, was the basis for the early American justice system. The biggest influence on American law was English common-law or judge made law as it is sometimes called. English Common-law is legal precedent based on judges rulings in different courts in England such as: "Kings Bench which dealt with crimes, the Court of Common Pleas which dealt with disputes over property and persona ....
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.... proven guilty and the right to know the charges that have been levied against you were also taken from the English court system. Although, some English courts were not obligated to use these fundamental rights.
Although, they followed many procedures and copied many court systems from the English the colonies did not use all of them especially the procedures or court systems they felt were unjust or could easily be corrupted. Take for instance "the Court of Star Chamb ....
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