THE IDEA/EXPRESSION DICHOTOMY IN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT PRACTICE OF THE COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES AND ENGLAND IN THE PERIOD FROM THE 19th TO THE MID-20th CENTURY

in the research the author observes the dichotomy development of the ideas and expressions that were formed during legal precedents in courts of England and the USA. It is established that the judicial procedures in the Anglo-Saxon legal system are based upon the law-regulating approach towards the concepts of the Fichte system. Based on the analysis of the law enforcement practice of the courts of the United States and England in the period from the 19th to the mid-20th century, it is noted that originally ideas and expressions were not delimited to just court cases but were indeed perceived as a single object of copyright monopoly. In the judicial practice, the use of this principle has faced difficulties in distinguishing between protected and unprotected elements. In the middle of XX century the idea/ expression dichotomy in its final law form was formed in judicial practice. The article concludes that Fichte theory was changed and accepted in the law enforcement practice of the USA and England.