Civil law is a legal system originating in Italy and France that has been adopted in large parts of the world. Modern civil law stems mainly from the...

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

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...

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...

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,...

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...

Private law is that part of a civil law legal system which is part of the jus commune that involves relationships between individuals, such as the law of contracts...

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...

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...

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...

relations between people. Legal systems vary between jurisdictions, with their differences analysed in comparative law. In civil law jurisdictions, a legislature...

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...

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...

statutes. The other major legal system used by countries is the civil law, which codifies its legal principles into legal codes and does not treat judicial...

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)...

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...

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...

their civil code for centuries. The Napoleonic Code was not the first legal code to be established in a European country with a civil-law legal system; it...

Common law Civil law (legal system) Religious law Bahá'í laws Biblical law, in Judaism and Christianity Canon law, in Christianity Canon (canon law) - a certain...

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...

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 Its legal institutions and traditions are substantially derived from that of the English legal system, which superseded...

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

with civil legal systems, such as France and Italy, or legal systems based on Islamic law like Saudi Arabia, rather than in common law systems. It is...

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...

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...