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bobbysung

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Which of the following is American law based on?
 
  a. Case decisions and legal principles that form the common law
  b. The federal Constitution
  c. State constitutions
  d. All of these choices are correct

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Describe the civil law system and some of the countries in which a civil law system is followed.
 
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Reply #1 on: Aug 3, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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A civil law system is a system of law derived from that of the Roman Empire and based on a code rather than case law; it is the predominant system of law in the nations of continental Europe and the nations that were once their colonies. The term civil law, as used here, refers not to civil as opposed to criminal law but to codified lawan ordered grouping of legal principles enacted into law by a legislature or governing body. In a civil law system, the primary source of law is a statutory code, and case precedents are not judicially binding, as they normally are in a common law system. This is not to say that precedents are unimportant in a civil


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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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