EVOLUTION OF ANGLO-AMERICAN LEGAL PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

James McCollum
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James McCollum: University Of Alabama in Huntsvile, Huntsville, Al

Contemporary Legal Institutions, 2010, vol. 2, issue 1, 9-15

Abstract: The United Kingdom and the United States share several commonalities: both use English at the common language, both use common law based court decision as well as having a constitution as their legal basis rather than code law, and both are predominately Christian countries. These factors have resulted in highly advanced respect in the law for protection of human rights. The British were moving toward acceptance of human rights long before Americans had populated the North American continent and although they became enemies in the years of colonization and shortly after the Establishment of the United States as an independent country, they have reached many of the same positions on human rights such as abolition of slavery, equal rights for all, and protection of the weak against the strong.

Keywords: abolition; equal opportunity; limited government. Magna Charta; separate but equal. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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