Executive Summary

In this study, the author has compared the legal systems of United States and United Kingdom. The basic purpose of this study was to understand the differences between the legal systems of the two countries particularly focusing on the rule of law and property rights. With the help of various secondary sources, the author has presented various differential factors of property rights and rule of law in the United States and United Kingdom. Although most of the US laws are the reflection of laws followed in UK, still there are some significant differences between the two systems, particularly regarding the rule of law and property rights.

Comparison of legal systems in the United States and United Kingdom

Introduction

The purpose of this study is to expand the boundaries of the author's knowledge by exploring some relevant facts related to comparison of legal systems in the United States and United Kingdom. The legal system of the United States of America for its nature of common law offers the opportunity to explore a completely different order. It is a system whose sources of law are different from most existing in the Americas. From this point of view, it represents an interesting dimension, unknown, and even arguably intriguing, especially for the civilian lawyer. The study of the American system opens the door to meet those same institutions in a common law system (Maskus, pp. 51-58). The importance of work in this regard should be dimensioned in the growing increase in the legal relations between United States and United Kingdom. The legal system of the United States of America has its roots in Europe, specifically the United Kingdom. The author refer to this country specifically for the influence transmitted by England, after having been a colony of that nation until the late nineteenth century, when it gained independence. A legal regime of the English courts woke up with new strength in the absence of a monarch, who in the old continent marked a very strong weight in the political organization. Thus, being free, the American legal system evolved, adapting to new lands, sometimes acquired through the purchase and sale, in others simply by the violent expansion and bloodshed (Waldron, pp. 67-74). In the next section, the author will examine the comparative factors of US and UK legal systems particularly focusing on the rule of law and property rights.

Discussion & Analysis

Comparison of legal systems in the United States and United Kingdom

US property rights

US Property rights usually include the legal rights to acquire, sell, own, and transfer property; to keep and collect rents; to keep one's salary; to make contracts; and to bring lawsuits. In the land market, property rights laws for instance, determine who can possess land and who can buy and sell property. Thus, a fundamental step to achieve gender equality is to establish equal basic rights, especially in family law, property rights, and political rights. Yet, women often face legal, cultural, and/or religious discrimination that restricts their ability to own or inherit property in ...