Law of North America
Encyclopedia
The law
of North America is diverse and influential. The law of the United States
has worldwide renown, in its codified constitution, and bill of rights
, while the law of Cuba differs vastly in its regulation of private property.
Law
Law is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior, wherever possible. It shapes politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a social mediator of relations between people. Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus...
of North America is diverse and influential. The law of the United States
Law of the United States
The law of the United States consists of many levels of codified and uncodified forms of law, of which the most important is the United States Constitution, the foundation of the federal government of the United States...
has worldwide renown, in its codified constitution, and bill of rights
Bill of rights
A bill of rights is a list of the most important rights of the citizens of a country. The purpose of these bills is to protect those rights against infringement. The term "bill of rights" originates from England, where it referred to the Bill of Rights 1689. Bills of rights may be entrenched or...
, while the law of Cuba differs vastly in its regulation of private property.
List of countries
- Law of Antigua and Barbuda
- Law of Bahamas
- Law of Barbados
- Law of Belize
- Law of CanadaLaw of CanadaThe Canadian legal system has its foundation in the British common law system, inherited from being a former colony of the United Kingdom and later a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. Quebec, however, still retains a civil system for issues of private law...
- Law of Costa Rica
- Law of Cuba
- Law of Dominica
- Law of Dominican Republic
- Law of El Salvador
- Law of Grenada
- Law of Guatemala
- Law of Haiti
- Law of Honduras
- Law of Jamaica
- Law of Mexico
- Law of Nicaragua
- Law of PanamaLaw of PanamaThe law of Panama is based on civil law with influences from Spanish legal tradition and Roman law. For the first several years of its existence, Panamian law depended on the legal code inherited from Colombia...
- Law of Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Law of Saint Lucia
- Law of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Law of Trinidad and Tobago
- Law of the United StatesLaw of the United StatesThe law of the United States consists of many levels of codified and uncodified forms of law, of which the most important is the United States Constitution, the foundation of the federal government of the United States...
List of dependencies and territories
- Law of AnguillaLaw of AnguillaThe law of Anguilla is a combination of common law and statute, and is based heavily upon English law.Law in Anguilla tends to be a combination of the very old and the very new. As a budding offshore financial centre, Anguilla has a number of extremely modern statutes dealing with company law,...
- Law of Aruba
- Law of BermudaLaw of BermudaThe law of Bermuda is based on the common law legal system of England and Wales.-Sources of Law:* The law of England and Wales as it stood in 1620 - of all kinds: common law, equity and statute - became the law of Bermuda at that time, and it remains so to the extent that other sources have not...
- Law of the British Virgin IslandsLaw of the British Virgin IslandsThe law of the British Virgin Islands is a combination of common law and statute, and is based heavily upon English law.Law in the British Virgin Islands tends to be a combination of the very old and the very new...
- Law of Cayman Islands
- Law of Greenland
- Law of Guadeloupe
- Law of Martinique
- Law of Montserrat
- Law of Navassa Island
- Law of Netherlands Antilles
- Law of Puerto RicoLaw of Puerto RicoThe legal system of Puerto Rico is a mix of the civil law and the common law systems.- United States Code :Title 48 of the United States Code outlines the role of the United States Code to United States territories and insular areas such as Puerto Rico....
- Law of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon
- Law of Turks and Caicos Islands
- Law of U.S. Virgin Islands
See also
- Legal systems of the worldLegal systems of the worldThe legal systems of the world today are generally based on one of three basic systems: civil law, common law, and religious law – or combinations of these...