Characteristics
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Common law legal system?普通法系
DecentralizationStare decisisCase law2013-7-23
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Text——PartOne
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TheUnitedStatesisat once ?averynewnation?averyoldnation
既年轻又古老的国家2013-7-23法律英语6
Itisanewnation
Compared with many other countries
与其他国家相比
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itisconstantlybeingrenewedbytheadditionofnewelementsofpopulationandofnewStates不断有新的人口成分和新州的加入
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Itisold
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Itis
theoldestofthe\nations—thefirstonetobemadeoutof anOldWorldcolony.
第一个从旧大陆殖民地脱胎而出的国家theoldestwrittenconstitution
theoldestcontinuousfederalsystem theoldestpracticeofself-government
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