Common law has three distinct meanings: the common law legal system, as contrasted with the civil law legal system; common law, as contrasted with statute law; and common law, as contrasted with equity. For an informative discussion of the common law as related to a) duck blinds and b) cannibalism, see the works of A.W. Brian Simpson. |
Common law has three distinct meanings: the common law legal system, as contrasted with the civil law legal system; common law, as contrasted with statute law; and common law, as contrasted with equity. |
The main alternative to the common law system is the civil law system, which is used in Continental Europe, Scotland, Quebec, Louisiana, the former Soviet bloc, and most of the rest of the world. |
The main alternative to the common law system is the civil law system, which is used in Continental Europe, Quebec, Louisiana, the former Soviet bloc, and most of the rest of the world. Scotland is often said to use the civil law but in fact it has a unique system which combines elements of the civil law and of the common law. |