Difference between revisions of "Civil Law"

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(New page: Civil Law is a legal system based on Roman Law, in which there is a code of law in which the state follows and uses to determine court cases. This is opposed to Common Law in where jud...)
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Civil Law is a legal system based on Roman Law, in which there is a code of law in which the state follows and uses to determine court cases. This is opposed to Common Law in where judges' decisions on court cases can be used as precedent in other cases to create new law.