re: #84 jaunte

Property law is one area where English common law has its marks. Same with tort law.

We diverge after becoming our own nation and our own laws, but that’s entirely predictable. There’s drift in how law changes as you move away from a common point.

The other reason we don’t normally mention English common law much in US cases is that we have such a voluminous amount of caselaw of our own that there’s no need to refer to English law.