Context: However, it is important to understand that despite the presence of reception statutes, much of contemporary American common law has diverged significantly from English common law. The reason is that although the courts of the various Commonwealth nations are often influenced by each other's rulings, American courts rarely follow post-Revolution Commonwealth rulings unless there is no American ruling on point, the facts and law at issue are nearly identical, and the reasoning is strongly persuasive.

Question: A lot of American common law diverged from where?
Answer: English common law

Question: When would American courts follow post-revolution commonwealth rulings?
Answer: there is no American ruling on point

Question: Courts in commonwealth nations are often influenced by what?
Answer: by each other's rulings

Question: Most modern American common law came from what kind of law?
Answer: English common law

Question: Couts of commonwealth nations are often influenced by who's rulings?
Answer: each other's

Question: What rulings do American courts rarely follow?
Answer: post-Revolution Commonwealth rulings

Question: What is one reason American courts may follow a post Revolutionary Commonwealth ruling under what circumstances?
Answer: there is no American ruling on point

Question: How close is current American law to English law?
Answer: diverged significantly

Question: What differs about American and English law?
Answer: American courts rarely follow post-Revolution Commonwealth rulings

Question: When would American law be more likely to follow English law?
Answer: no American ruling on point

Question: How close do the issues have to be in order for an English law to be used?
Answer: nearly identical

Question: Much of American common law is similar to what?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Commonwealth nations tend to not be influenced by what?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What kind of reasoning is required to follow the American ruling?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: When do Americans follow pre-Revolution Commonwealth rulings?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What is English common law very similar to?
Answer: Unanswerable