Difference Between Common Law System and Civil Law System
There are three basic structures for
legal systems they are common law, civil law, and religious law.
Common law: Was developed
in mothern Europe during the middle ages bu Germanic and Nordic people it was
brought to England by conquerors in modern times England has spread common law around
the world especially to the many places that were settled or colonized by the English.
Civil law: Began with
the romans the byzantine emperor Justinian a roman himself assembled a team of
experts who condensed and simplified the roman law into one single body of law
the byzantine system spread through southem Europe and then northward today nearly all of Europe uses
civil law.
Religious law: would include systems like sharia law, a law system used among many muslim nations.
this map world shows the nations that use civil law in blue, common law in red, and religious law nation in green.
Almost none of these countries are
