Characteristics

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Common law legal system?普通法系

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Text——PartOne

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TheUnitedStatesisat once ?averynewnation?averyoldnation

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Itisanewnation

Compared with many other countries

与其他国家相比

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itisconstantlybeingrenewedbytheadditionofnewelementsofpopulationandofnewStates不断有新的人口成分和新州的加入

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Itisold

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theoldestofthe\nations—thefirstonetobemadeoutof anOldWorldcolony.

第一个从旧大陆殖民地脱胎而出的国家theoldestwrittenconstitution

theoldestcontinuousfederalsystem theoldestpracticeofself-government

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