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Our American Common Law
美国普通法
by Howard Fisher and Dale Pond
Common Law is a real thing. It is a real system of laws derived from centuries of work, study and sacrifice of millions of people. It is not trivial and inconsequential as some would have you think. It is the Common Law that is most represented within Our Constitution, Declaration of Independence and Our Bill of Rights. These documents were designed to limit and eliminate the vicious Equity, Maritime or Admiralty Law which was what we revolted against as Our Revolution against the totalitarianism of England.
普通法是实实在在的。她是一个历经千百万人数百年来实践摸索，无数人为之做出了牺牲的法律体系。普通法并非像有些人告诉你的那样既琐碎又杂乱无章。我们的《宪法》，我们的《独立宣言》，我们的《人权法案》，最突出体现出来的就是普通法。上面提到的这些法律文件，旨在限制和淘汰我们极力反对的衡平法、海商法或者海事法，正如我们的独立革命反抗英国的专制统治一样。
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