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Without capable and reliable foreign law enforcement partners, the United States, as well as other countries, will remain vulnerable to criminal groups that conduct activities from countries where law enforcement is weak (Helping the World Combat International Crime (http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/itgic/0801/ijge/gj03.htm)."
Four Legal Traditions
The Common Legal Tradition
The common legal tradition dictates that judges have authority and duty to decide what the law in and what criminal or civil punishment will be when laws are broken,
Common law as opposed to statutory law and regulatory law (Common law (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_law):the first connotation differentiates the authority that promulgated a particular proposition of law (Common law (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_law).For example, in most areas of law in most jurisdictions in the United States, there are "statutes" enacted by a legislature, "regulations" promulgated by executive branch agencies pursuant to a delegation of rule-making authority from a legislature, and "common law" decisions issued by courts (Common law (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_law)."
Common law is most often practiced in America and England.
Civil Legal Tradition
The civil law is the most used law on earth. Civil law begins with abstract laws which judges must then apply to individual cases (Civil law (legal system) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_law_(legal_system).
Civil law began in Roman law, Canon law and enlightenment.
Civil or civilian law is a legal tradition...
territory), Korea (both North and South), Japan, China, Latin America and most former colonies of continental European countries (Civil law (legal system) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_law_(legal_system)."
The socialist legal tradition believes that people are only stewards of the earth and that all communities are possessors or the users of earth (Socialist Legal Tradition (http://www.unu.edu/unupress/unupbooks/uu25ee/uu25ee0z.htm).
The Islamic legal tradition stems from the belief that God is the law maker and the Quaran holds the answers to all legal questions (Islamic (Religious/Philosophical) Legal Tradition (http://www.yale.edu/cir/2004/papers.html)
References
The Explosive Growth of Globalized Crime (Accessed 4-25-07) http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/itgic/0801/ijge/gj01.htm
Helping the World Combat International Crime (Accessed 4-25-07) http://usinfo.state.gov/journals/itgic/0801/ijge/gj03.htm
Civil law (legal system) (Accessed 4-25-07) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_law_(legal_system)
Socialist Legal Tradition (Accessed 4-25-07)
http://www.unu.edu/unupress/unupbooks/uu25ee/uu25ee0z.htm
http://www.yale.edu/cir/2004/papers.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_law
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