All of the Following Statements Are True Concerning the Common-Law

All of the following statements are true concerning the common-law tradition EXCEPT this one:

A) The role of judges in the common-law tradition is to determine and apply the law as an impartial referee
B) It gives more power to judges to determine the law than does a civil-law tradition.
C) The common-law tradition depends on the rule of stare decisis.
D) The legal system in the United States is a pure common-law system
E) The common-law tradition originated in Great Britain.