Introduction to Civil Law
“Civil Law, term applied to a legal tradition originating in ancient Rome and to the contemporary legal systems based on this tradition. Modern civil law systems, which were originally developed in Western European countries, have spread throughout the world. Civil law is typically contrasted with common law, a system that evolved in medieval England and that is the basis of law in most of the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States. Civil law was the tradition followed by European scholars who developed the law for many nations, as well as the system of international law used worldwide today.
The term civil law also applies to all legal proceedings (whether taking place in a civil law or a common law system) that are not criminal in nature (see Criminal Law). Under this definition laws regulating marriage, contracts, and payment for personal injury are examples of civil law.”(1)
In this Section: Civil Law, Civil Law Characteristics, Civil Law History and Civil Law Expansion.
Characteristics of Civil Law
See Characteristics of Civil Law
Historical Development
See Historical Development of Civil Law
Geographic Expansion
See Geographic Expansion of Civil Law
Civil Law in International Trade
Meaning of Civil Law, according to the Dictionary of International Trade (Global Negotiator): A body of law created by statutes and other enactments of legislatures and by rules and regulations adopted to give effect to those statutes and enactments. See Common Law.
America, English Law, Civil Law
From the book The Clergyman’s Hand-book of Law, about America, English Law, Civil Law (1): The portions of America that were settled by the English, which included the original thirteen colonies, were under the English law. In Virginia the Episcopal Church, which was then the church of England, was made the church of state. Canada and that portion of the United States formerly known as Louisiana were governed by the civil law of France. Wherever the French government had no authority or civil officers, the government was directly under the missionaries of the Church ( Commentaries, Kent, vol. i, c. xi, pp. 342, 473, 515, 525-544, vol. ii, p. 27; Origin and Nature of the Constitution and Government of U. S., U. S. Sup. Ct. Reps., 9 L. Ed., 873).
Civil Law Perspective in Interpretation of Codes
Concept of Civil Law
Note: explore also the meaning of this legal term in the American Ecyclopedia of Law.
Introduction
Civil Law
This entry provides an overview of the legal framework of civil law, with a description of the most significant features of civil law at international level.
Related Work and Conclusions
Civil Law
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- Judiciary
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- Interpretation
- Reasoning
- Codification
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- Law
- Rule of Law
- Law System
- Legislation
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- Code Civil
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References (Papers)
- Lewis V. Clarke, Summer L. Carmack, Sep 2017
- Upstanders, Whistle-Blowers, And Rescuers, Martha Minow, Aug 2017
- The Next Best Defendant: Examining A Remote Text Sender’s Liability Under Kubert V. Best, Christopher P. Edwards, Jul 2017
- 2016-2017 Georgia State University Law Review Symposium: Exploring The Right To Die In The U.S., Margaret Pabst Battin, Jul 2017
- Why We Must Oppose The Full Decriminalization Of Prostitution, Taina Bien-Aime, Jul 2017
- Regime Shift Of Ip Lawmaking And Enforcement From Wto To The International Investment Regime, James Gathii, Cynthia Ho, Jun 2017
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Notes and References
- Charles M. Scanlan, The Clergyman’s Hand-book of Law. The Law of Church and Grave (1909), Benziger Brothers, New York, Cincinnati, Chicago
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- Religion
- Church
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Notes and References
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The Legal History of Civil Law
This section provides an overview of Civil Law
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- Legal Biography
- Legal Traditions
- Historical Laws
- History of Law
Further Reading
- Civil Law in the Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History (Oxford University Press)
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Political and Legal History (Oxford University Press)
- Civil Law in the Dictionary of Concepts in History, by Harry Ritter
- A Short History of Western Legal Theory, by John Kelly
Spanish Translation of civil law
This is the legal translation of English to Spanish in relation to civil law and / or a definition of this topic: Derecho Civil (in Spanish, without translation of the dictionary entry).
Hierarchical Display of Civil law
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Concept of Civil law
See the dictionary definition of Civil law.
Characteristics of Civil law
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Translation of Civil law
- Spanish: Derecho civil
- French: Droit civil
- German: Bürgerliches Recht
- Italian: Diritto civile
- Portuguese: Direito civil
- Polish: Prawo cywilne
Thesaurus of Civil law
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- Law of obligations
- Liability
- Legal status
- Contract
- Commercial law
- Insurance contract
- Work contract
- Judicial cooperation in civil matters in the EU
- Commercial contract
- Contract of carriage
- Administrative contract
- Consumer law
- Abuse of power
- Misuse of a right
- Ordinary law
- Statutory law
Hierarchical Display of Civil law
Civil law
Concept of Civil law
See the dictionary definition of Civil law.
Characteristics of Civil law
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Resources
Translation of Civil law
- Spanish: Derecho civil
- French: Droit civil
- German: Bürgerliches Recht
- Italian: Diritto civile
- Portuguese: Direito civil
- Polish: Prawo cywilne
Thesaurus of Civil law
See also
- Economic analysis
- Econometrics
- Economic indicator
- Macroeconomics
- Microeconomics
- Economic structure
- Impact study
- Economic consequence
- Input-output analysis
- Economic survey
- Economic value
- Economics
- Economic forecasting
- Economist
- Economics science researcher
- Economics analyst
- Business economist
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