[Home]History of Common law

HomePage | Recent Changes | Preferences

Revision 16 . . (edit) December 10, 2001 9:17 pm by Derek Ross [Scotland doesn't exactly use the civil law]
Revision 15 . . December 10, 2001 8:50 pm by (logged).109.250.xxx [moving A.W. Simpsons comment to /Talk]
Revision 14 . . December 10, 2001 1:54 pm by (logged).41.125.xxx
Revision 13 . . (edit) December 10, 2001 1:52 pm by (logged).41.125.xxx
Revision 12 . . (edit) November 11, 2001 10:56 pm by Red Bowen
  

Difference (from prior major revision) (minor diff, author diff)

Changed: 1c1
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.

Changed: 7c7
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.

HomePage | Recent Changes | Preferences
Search: