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USA vs UK: A Comparison


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Population 62,000,000 people Population 313,232,044 people


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Overview

Introduction

Laws

Governments and Legal Systems

Other similarities and differences


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Introduction

Strong relationship exists between the twonations

Shared history

Slavery

The Declaration of Independence on July 4th,

1776

The make-up of GB (population differencesbetween UK and USA) often confused

The English Common Law


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Great Britains Legal system Politics in the United Kingdom takes place within the

framework of a constitutional monarchy

The monarch (Queen Elizabeth II) is head of state andthe prime minister is the head of the UK government

The Cabinet is a formal body made up of the mostsenior government ministers chosen by the prime

minister, formal members of the Cabinet are drawn

exclusively from the House of Commons and the

House of Lords.


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The UK is a parliamentary democracy

This means that members of the government are

also members of one of the two Houses of

Parliament (the House of Commons and the

House of Lords)

The Government is directly accountable to

Parliament, the governing party is only in powerbecause it holds a majority in the House of

Commons, and at any time the government can

be dismissed by the Commons through a vote of

no confidence


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United States of America's legalsystem


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Major difference: the Declaration of Independence of 1776

and the Constitution of 1789 define the US system unlike

the UKs system

Three powers Deliberately granted different terms of office by the

Constitution.

Effectively, this means that the President has a term for

four years, and a maximum of two terms which again isdifferent to the British system where the Prime Minister

can serve for as long as he or she wants (if they secure

the votes in each election)

Members of the Senate serve for six years and Members of the House of Representatives serve for two

years with the members of the supreme court effectively

serving for life.


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The role of the President can be compared in a

similar way to the role of the Prime Minister

in Great Britain; both are head of theirgovernments with the most power that

ultimately make the final decisions.

The work of both the House of Representatives

and the Senate is done through standing

committees, who perform legislative and

investigatory functions, in a similar way to

the House of Lords in the British system.


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Other Similarities and Differences The UK is a small country and can fit into the US approximately 38 times which is

surprising considering the population is only five times greater in the US than in the

UK

Weather

Food (legislation against caged chickens and a general animal free range view in most

of Britain). Fast food expanse in USA compared to UK.

Infrastructure similar, highways compared to motorways

Driving on left and cars left hand drive

Public transport more prevalent in UK because of size of nation

Education differences

Spelling and pronunciation

GBP vs USD

Cost of living (Gas as an example) see diagram pto


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