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Civil law is an international legal system that has its roots in mainland Europe. Roman law serves as the
intellectual foundation for the civil law system, and its core principles have been codified into a
referable system, which is the main source of law. The common law system, which had its beginnings in
medieval England, is frequently contrasted with the civil law system. While common law systems
historically derived their laws from uncodified case law that resulted from judicial decisions, recognizing
earlier court decisions as binding precedent, as opposed to civil law, which takes the form of legal codes,