Legal Systems

Common Law / Civil Law Jurisdictions

What is wrong or right?

A cameraman ( who is standing in his one garden ) is filming 2 policemen.

Policemen wanted that cameraman stopped filming Cameraman refused Policemen asked the officer ‘what to do’? Polimen left

Conclusion?

Legal systems:

•Common law

•Civil law

•Customary law

•Religious law

LEGAL

SYSTEMS

Civil law• developed from Roman law

•Law developed by rules

CIVIL

LAW

Civil lawCIVIL

LAW

You can subdivide civil law in 4 groups:

1.Romanistic2.Germanic3.Scandinavian4.Chinese

Civil law

• France• Spain• Germany• Japan• Mexico• Québec• Switzerland• The Netherlands• …

Is used in:

CIVIL

LAW

Common law= case law

law developed by judges through decisions of courts and similar tribunals

COMMON

LAW

Common law

• Australia

• England

• Hong Kong

• USA (except Louisiana)

• Canada (except Québec)

• Pakistan

• India

• Malaysia

• …

Is used in:

COMMON

LAW

Civil lawversus common law

Civil law Common law / case law

Jury : Will only use a jury in the most difficult cases

Uses a jury in almost any case

My

opinion

Very difficult

What when you are in another country with another system ?

One system for the whole world

My opinion

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