[sometime lurker]

I will distill it down to my understanding:
American common law diverged in some aspects from English common law (example: bills of attainder), but was similar or relied on English common law in many others. English common law changed some as the years went on.

We can agree on that.

[WhiskeyX]

I will distill it down to my understanding: American common law diverged in some aspects from English common law (example: bills of attainder), but was similar or relied on English common law in many others. English common law changed some as the years went on.

We can agree on that.

American common law arose in part from American innovations which did not exist at the time in English common law or any other common law.

American common law was also inspired in part by references to prior civil law.