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NATION-STATE: A political unit, has to have territory, boundaries, political organization, and that controls its own Internal and foreign affairs, and it must be recognized by other political units.
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Common law is a legal system based on custom and court rulings. Common law originated during the Middle Ages in England,and from there was propagated to the colonies of the British Empire, including India, the United States (both the federal system and all, except Louisiana, of the 50 states), Common law applied to all of England unlike feudal systems. Today it is not only used in England but also in every state.
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King John was forced to sign the Magna Carta (great charter) and it did 2 important things. 1) forced monarchs to obey the laws and 2) gave nobles rights, that were later extended to all free-men
