U.S. LAWS

Evaluation of U.S. Creation of Laws

Evaluation of U.S. Creation of Laws

Thesis Statement

“The law should be the formal procedure of controlling a society”.

Introduction

Fundamental Law of United States is the federal system of Government and a landmark document of the western world. This document is the oldest national constitution that is functional. This document was completed in the year 1787, at the constitutional conference of fifty five ambassadors held in Philadelphia, apparently to revise the Articles of confederation. The constitution was approved in 1788; however, the approval in several states was dependent on the promised additive Bill of Rights, the 12 amendments were put forward by Congress in September 1789. The States approved ten of the proposed amendments and their adoption was certified on 15th December, 1791. The concern was shown, for restricting the power of Government and securing the citizen liberty (Kelly, 1989).

The separation of Constitution of executive, legislative and judicial branches of government, to strike equilibrium between the authority and liberty, the monitoring of each branch against the other were all designed (Kelly, 1989).

Discussion

Evaluation U.S. Laws Creation

The law of U.S contains several levels formal and informal forms of laws. The United States constitution is the most important level of Laws. It is the base of the federal government of U.S. The constitution defines boundaries of federal law, which includes the constitutional regulations spread by the executive branch and case law that is originated from the federal judiciary (Kelly, 1989).

The Federal law and the constitution are considered the supreme law of all; therefore, anticipating conflicting states and territorial laws in fifty five states of America. On the other hand, the federal preemption has a limited scope, since the scope of federal power is limited itself. In the American federalism, states are the plenary sovereigns, whereas, just the limited supreme authority is ...