Civil law is a legal system rooted in the Roman Empire and France and was comprehensively codified and disseminated starting in the 19th century, most...

contemporary national legal systems are generally based on one of four major legal traditions: civil law, common law, customary law, religious law or combinations...

disputed. Legal systems vary in their sources of law and the extent to which they are based on formal written law; some civil law systems have been based...

precedents also playing an important role. Japan has a civil law legal system with six legal codes, which were greatly influenced by Germany, to a lesser...

Civil law is a major "branch of the law", for example in common law legal systems such as those in England and Wales and in the United States, where it...

and legal persons Civil law (legal system), or continental law, a legal system originating in continental Europe and based on Roman law Private law, the...

law and civil law systems, their usage is different. In a civil law country, a code of law typically exhaustively covers the complete system of law,...

English law is the common law legal system of England and Wales, comprising mainly criminal law and civil law, each branch having its own courts and procedures...

ultimately Roman law, with some common law influences. Louisiana is the only state whose private legal system is based on civil law, rather than the traditional...

comparative law. In civil law jurisdictions, a legislature or other central body codifies and consolidates the law. In common law systems, judges may...

Macau law is broadly based on Portuguese law, and therefore part of the civil law tradition of continental European legal systems. Portuguese law is itself...

codification of Roman law produced between 529 and 534 AD by the Byzantine emperor Justinian I, forms the basis of civil law legal systems that would rule over...

The law of obligations is one branch of private law under the civil law legal system and so-called "mixed" legal systems. It is the body of rules that...

Black's Law Dictionary – Common law (10th ed.). 2014. p. 334. 2. The body of law based on the English legal system, as distinct from a civil-law system; the...

available routes offered by the Law Center. Civil law (legal system) Common law (legal system) Degrees of the University of Oxford Law Degree "Introduction to...

The legal system of Canada is pluralist: its foundations lie in the English common law system (inherited from its period as a colony of the British Empire)...

system of Turkey is defined by Articles 138 to 160 of the Constitution of Turkey. With the founding of the Republic, Turkey adopted a civil law legal...

its legal code is based on Islamic law or sharia, although many aspects of civil law have been retained, and it is integrated into a civil law legal system...

French law has a dual jurisdictional system comprising private law (droit privé), also known as judicial law, and public law (droit public). Judicial law includes...

Chinese law is one of the oldest legal traditions in the world. The core of modern Chinese law is based on Germanic-style civil law, socialist law, and traditional...

determined common law system. Its legal institutions and traditions are substantially derived from that of the English legal system, which superseded...

Napoleonic Code was not the first legal code to be established in a European country with a civil-law legal system; it was preceded by the Codex Maximilianeus...

Eastern Roman emperor Justinian I. Roman law forms the basic framework for civil law, the most widely used legal system today, and the terms are sometimes used...

The Law of Portugal is part of the family of what in English-speaking countries are sometimes called the "civil law" legal systems, referring to legal systems...

The law of Pakistan is the law and legal system existing in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Pakistani law is based upon the legal system of British India;...

with the separate legal traditions and systems of mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau. China's legal system is largely a civil law system, although found...

The Legal system of Argentina is a civil law legal system. The pillar of the civil system is the Constitution of Argentina (1853). The Argentine Constitution...

The legal system in the United Arab Emirates is based on civil law, and Sharia law in the personal status matters of Muslims and blood money compensation...

Revolution, the system was greatly altered. The legal code is now based on Islamic law or sharia, although many aspects of civil law have been retained...

the legal systems of its major religious communities. The Israeli legal system is based on common law, which also incorporates facets of civil law. The...