American law belongs to the common law legal system which mainly origins from case law . in course of its development , the judges , especially those of federal super court and the superior state courts , played a very important role . in order to retain the continuity and the stability of legal system , they made an effort to find the social demands and embedded them into the lively cases . in this way , they constantly reforged the case law legal system of america , making it permanent and fresh 美国法属于以判例为主要法律渊源的普通法法系。在它发展演化的过程中,法官,尤其是联邦最高法院和各州最高一级法院的法官们发挥了极其重要的作用。他们在保持法律制度的连续性和稳定性的同时,用心体察社会发展的需求,并把这种需求精心地嵌入一个个鲜活的判例中,不断重塑着美国的判例法体系,使之恒久而常新。
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