By the time when the US Constitution was adopted (September of 1787), colonies of America have been ruling themselves under the regulation of law for almost 180 years, from 17th to 18th century. As a result, customs and traditions inherited from the United Kingdom and the civil law practices in Roman society became the basis for arrangement of the U.S. authorized system.
The first precursor in history of the regulation of law in the United States came from domination of the Roman civil law starting from the Middle Ages and till implementation of the U.S. Constitution. The Roman law was determined in Italy, approximately in 1100 A.D. and later became the central source of property law, family law, tort law, and contract law all the way through Europe. That’s why it can be stated, that U.S. federal organization is a creation of Roman social law which controlled Western Europe for almost 800 years.
One more source of legal tradition of the United States can be dated to Magna Carta, unrecorded English legitimate tradition accepted in England in 1215. Americans were English people till 1776 and, therefore, they had the rights and liberties the same as of Englishmen. Advances of legal system in Great Britain, such as creation of the Royal Courts of Justice, subordination of kings to Parliament, limiting the noble power, and separation of authority between the Royal Courts of Justice, the Parliament, and the King, served as a basis for creation of the U.S. Constitution.
Colonial management has modeled the earliest legal papers issued in United States. One of the chief concerns which colonies faced up till 1787 was the necessity to limit and define the powers of legislative officials, also there was a need for the privilege not to be taxed lacking representation in the taxing administration, and the requirement to protect property and liberty rights of the recently established U.S. populace.
