Precedent and other sources of law in United Kingdom and in USA

Abstract

This article deals with sources of law in the legal systems of England and the USA. Both countries are the basis of the Anglo-American legal system. The sources of law of both have common foundations, the most important of which are the precedents. Precedent here effectively works together with other sources of law. A brief description of the sources of law in the Anglo-American legal system can serve as a model for the gradual integration of other sources into the continental legal system, which here only play a supporting role to the law.