Obviously from a UK or Aust perspective or does the US have a common law basis as well? I think it does.
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Under the Westminster model of government that the UK, and I think I'm correct in saying Australia also works under, Parliament is supreme.  It can make or unmake any law that it pleases and is not bound by any law.  This is to do with the doctrine of the Seperation of Powers, where each branch othe state is seperate (in the US the distinctions are more clear).  So basically the courts apply the law and parliament makes it, common law is made by the judges which confuses matters.  The basis position is Common law is judge made law, which is inferior to statute law.  When there is a conflict statute law prevails.  Judges cannot declare law created by parliament invalid so therefore any statute law, regardless of the sphere of influence it is in has precendence over common law.\n\nHope this helps!
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International law is actually a set of treaties.  The UN has no jurisdiction over its member nations even if they have signed the treaty. \n\n The United States is currently the only country in the world whose law requires that treaties be honored.  If you are referring to the United States, you would have to get it on agenda of the supreme court.
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see some people look at laws very different than i do i think laws are here to protect usand to keep this contry safe and some people think they are dumb rules. really it depends on the way u see them
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britain and australia.  new zealand too I think.
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Well I personally wouldn't know! As I have grown up all my life in Australia. But seeing the media in the US has really shown how the obesse is treated, unfairly and horrible. Its something which we should all accept each person in this world for. I would have thought the UK would have also been treated this way, due to having a almost same average of obessity in this world. So I believe the US is treated without respect, even though I have never seen in first hand. Just through so many issues, movies and etc.
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The UK does not have a written consitution like the USA does.\n\nOur constitution is based on three things; conventions, statutes and historical writings.\n\nSearching for 'The British/UK constitution' or any low level British politics website should give you lots more information.
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Only Australia and Indonesia. The United States has a "judicial assistance agreement" with procedures for mutual legal assistance, but not extradition.
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It does appear that way. I am not sure if antitrust laws apply to mergers though. With very large mergers I do think people do question the lawfulness of the transaction. I am not too sure though.
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Yes, it's USA common-wealth
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Perhaps that's because we don't typically refer to South Africa as SA or RSA and people didn't bother to take the time to provide an answer to a question they couldn't even completely understand. Also, most Americans don't (and I'd say shouldn't) have an understanding of the basic elements of South Africa's legal system. It's not exactly something that comes up to anyone but a legal scholar.\n\nThe basic setup of the courts is very similar - an independent branch of government with one constitutional court and a series of lower courts of appeals and lower courts of first impression. As for legal rights, they are much the same. Both have the right to a public trial and one cannot be held without trial, both have what we call "Miranda rights" and require an accused to be arraigned in a reasonable amount of time, so on and so forth. Both assume the defendent is innocent until proven guilty. I can find no substantial differences between the two.
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Absolutely true! And I'm American, so you need to expand your scope a bit, mate! ;)
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In the US no\ninsome other societies yes.\nyour "?" has flaws.
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No, the American law is only extended for the American territory
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Assuming your talking about America, I think the electoral college system works just fine.  The method you refer to is basically how the UK's system is run....
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I presume that you meant US rather than UK.\nI wish I could argue with you but on this occasion Britain went to war without just cause and the Iraqi bogey man must therefor punished while the real enemy of this country still sits in Downing Street at our expense.\nIf the US believed that they had a genuine case, Saddam would have been tried by the International Court instead of by patsies in occupied Iraq.
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No more and no less than any other person in the same situation.  The laws in our country are meant to be equally applied.
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we are protected by state and federal laws, also unions. australia has some of the best working conditions in the world, people at my work have been there over thirty years...