The American Legal system versus the English Legal System

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[...] The last main difference is legal education of the professionals of each legal system: in the US, you have to follow more school courses after law school, whereas in the UK, you just have to complete a three-year course to be graduated. Then after, both students must pass the bar exam to practice law. In conclusion, even if they are some variables between those two legal systems also because of the cultural difference between the US and the UK, the systems remain still quite similar. Questions What is the Bill of Rights? The Bill of Rights is a set of fundamental American rights that are grouped together in the Constitution, more precisely in the first 10 Amendments of the US Constitution. [...]

[...] Still to stay on the topic of the comparison of the courts: only the US courts are filmed with cameras that are placed directly in the courtrooms. It's mainly for criminal or public interest trials, which justifies that the films are shared on US television. Conversely, the UK wasn't allowing any filming in their Court until 2013, when cameras were allowed but only for the closing stages of some cases which were judged by the Court of Appeal: it doesn't apply to more important courts like the Crown Court. [...]

[...] It's a right that is protected by the Bill of Rights, more precisely by the Fifth Amendment of the US Constitution. It can only apply for testimonies, in response to a compelled communication or if the information leads to the discovery of an incriminating evidence. One sentence answer Congress / Senate The US Congress is the legislative body of the federal government: it's composed of two chambers, the Senate, which is the upper chamber, and the House of Representatives, which is the lower chamber. [...]

[...] In fact, once they passed the bar, the US attorneys chose a specific geographical zone where they will exercise their activity or a specialty that they will cover with their function (real estate, family . In the UK, their field of activity is more extensive. A funnier fact is about the historical wigs of some other professionals: the judges. Back in time, both US and UK judges used to wear wigs. Today, only the judges, the Queen's Counsel and senior barristers wear wigs in the US, which is a form of respect and distinction from the other professionals in Court. [...]

[...] The American Legal system versus the English Legal System How the American Legal system is different from the English Legal System? When we talk about the American legal system, it should be understood as the legal system that applies in the United States of American whereas the English legal system is the one that takes place in the United Kingdom : England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Island, except for exceptions. Beyond the fact that those two legal systems are separated by a continent, they have some more differences that we're about to present. [...]