8. civil law
• Roman’s Corpus Juris Civilis
• accessible & written collections
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9. civil law
• Roman’s Corpus Juris Civilis
• accessible & written collections
• codified statutes (Code of Hammurabi)
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10. civil law
• Roman’s Corpus Juris Civilis
• accessible & written collections
• codified statutes (Code of Hammurabi)
• not determined by judges
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11. civil law
• Roman’s Corpus Juris Civilis
• accessible & written collections
• codified statutes (Code of Hammurabi)
• not determined by judges
• created by legislature.
6
12. civil law
• Roman’s Corpus Juris Civilis
• accessible & written collections
• codified statutes (Code of Hammurabi)
• not determined by judges
• created by legislature.
6
13. civil law
• Roman’s Corpus Juris Civilis
• accessible & written collections
• codified statutes (Code of Hammurabi)
• not determined by judges
• created by legislature.
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38. socialist law
• civil law system + Marxist-
Leninist ideology
• Communist states
• characteristics
• limited ruling classes
• no diversity of political views
• superiority of the Communist
Party
• limited private property
• limited privacy
• limited intellectual property
• limited human rights
• limited adversary of judicial
process.
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43. Wikipedia: legal systems of the world
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Legal_systems_of_the_world>
Factbook list of legal systems
<https://www.cia.gov/library/
publications/the-world-factbook/
fields/2100.html>
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52. • Roman law
• written into a collection or code
the nature
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53. • Roman law
• written into a collection or code
• not determined by judges
the nature
21
54. • Roman law
• written into a collection or code
• not determined by judges
• created by legislature:
the nature
21
55. • Roman law
• written into a collection or code
• not determined by judges
• created by legislature:
• new & old statutes
the nature
21
56. • Roman law
• written into a collection or code
• not determined by judges
• created by legislature:
• new & old statutes
• changes necessitated by court decisions
the nature
21
57. • Roman law
• written into a collection or code
• not determined by judges
• created by legislature:
• new & old statutes
• changes necessitated by court decisions
• new statutory concepts.
the nature
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59. The four subgroups
• French civil law: France, Belgium, Luxembourg,
Canadian Quebec, US Louisiana, Italy, Spain & their
colonies
• German civil law: Germany,Austria, Switzerland,
Greece, Brazil, Portugal,Turkey, Japan, South Korea
&Taiwan
• Scandinavian civil law: Denmark, Finland, Iceland,
Norway & Sweden
• Chinese law: China.
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60. law of France
• judicial law
• civil law (droit civil)
• criminal law (droit pénal)
• administrative law
• administrative law (droit administratif)
• constitutional law (droit constitutionnel).
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61. French case law
• Constitutional Council
• administrative jurisdictions: administrative
courts, Commission des recours des réfugiés,
Commission d'aide sociale, Section disciplinaire
des ordres professionnels,Audit Offices,
Regional Audit Offices, State Council & Court
of jurisdictional issues.
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63. law of Germany
• Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
(Grundgesetz für die Bundesrepublik
Deutschland)
• Civil Code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch or BGB):
public law (Öffentliches Recht) & private law
(Privatrecht)
• criminal law (Strafgesetzbuch).
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64. classical Chinese law
• Confucianism (儒家): human morality & wrong actions
• Legalism (法 家): political philosophy that upholds the rule of law
• China, Japan, Korea,Vietnam,Taiwan & Singapore
• fa (法): fair, straight & just
• yi (義): social rightness
• li (理): order
• li (禮): rites, rules of propriety
• zhi (制): control
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66. modern Chinese law
• Republic of China: Constitution, Civil
Code, Code of Civil Procedures, Criminal
Code, Code of Criminal Procedures &
administrative law
• People’s Republic of China: socialist.
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67. rule of law: fǎzhì (法治)
• thin theory of rule of law:
• the law is supreme
• all citizens are equal
• thick theory of rule of law:
• + political, social, and economic concept.
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73. a common law tradition
the English common law tradition
the classification of English law
case law
the doctrine of judicial precedent
using cases
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