Construction of the Legal System of the American States on the Example of the State of Virginia

Abstract

The object of the article is the development of the legal system of the colony of Virginia during the War of Independence and during the period of formation of the legislative framework of the state of Virginia. During the war of independence, the state solved the problems associated with strengthening the mechanisms of governance, mobilization of economic and military resources. After independence and formation of mechanisms of long-term state governance, the Virginia legislators faced the task of implementing the law inherited from the British Empire into the state legislation. The scientific novelty of this article in analyzing the development of colony legislation in the state legislation, as well as the study of the ideological and legal foundations of the process of legislative construction. Such a study has not been conducted before. The research was carried out using methods of comparative analysis and analysis of projects, plans of legislative process in the future state of Virginia. The author of the article examines the legislative process of the state of Virginia, which was a revision and adaptation of the imperial legislation, and the adoption of new laws forming the basis of the state government.