DIFFERENCES BETWEEN COMMON LAW AND CIVIL LAW

According to the video and reading, find and write al least 5 differences
between common Law and Civil Law. Write them on the following table.
CIVIL LAW COMMON LAW
1 codified statutes predominate jurisprudence, in the form of
published judicial opinions.

2 The civil law system is code- The common law system, by contrast,
based. focuses on the judicial interpretation
of statutes.

3 The law-making body seeks to That is to say, courts interpret statutes

address specific areas of law to determine the intent of lawmakers
through statute or codified in passing the law.
rules.

4 While the court's decision may
be influential in future cases,
its reasoning and interpretation
of the law have little legal
effect outside of the respective
case.
5 When a case comes before a
court, the judiciary is charged
with interpreting the codified
rules when applying those rules
to the facts of the case.
The courts interpretation becomes the
common law in that jurisdiction. In
this way, the court develops a body of
common law that applies alongside
the statute.
These opinions serve as precedent for
the court and any subordinate courts
within that jurisdiction. In Latin, this is
known as stare decisis or let the
decision stand.