Civil law

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You have new messages (last change).

Civil law may refer to:

  • Civil law (common law), the area of law in common law countries governing relations between private individuals; it includes the private law in common law systems, as well as non-criminal statutes regulating actions of individuals and corporations in a society. In this usage the term divides the relevant area of law from criminal law and other areas of public law. A civil code is a systematic compilation of civil law in core areas of private law in common law countries.
  • Civil law (legal system), a system of law based on the Corpus Juris Civilis prevalent in continental Europe, Central and South America, South Africa, Scotland, Québec and Louisiana. In this sense the term is opposed to common law. Japan modernised its legal system by adopting the civil law model in the nineteenth century.
  • Civil law, the core of private law that is often summed up in a codification (especially in continental Europe) and is concerned with the rights and duties of individuals towards each other. It is opposed to public law and criminal law and includes the following:
This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org../../../c/i/v/Civil_law.html"