Libyan International Medical University

Faculty of business Administration

(Introduction to Law)
First assignment

Submitted by: Mariam Mahmoud 2602

Submitted to: Dr. Mohammed Benseleem

 Introduction
Civil law is a set of rules that organize the relationships between
people, between people and government, and daily transactions.

Definitions of civil law

 “Civil law is a set of rules which defines the basic rights of
citizens called” private rights” such as personality rights,
property rights, in other words, real rights and claim rights,
and rights of family members, among others, and provides
the subjects, objects, transformations and effects of those
basic rights” (Hiroshi Matsuo. 2003).

 “What is civil law? according to one of its earliest

practitioners, "It's the thing that neither influence can affect,
nor power break, nor money corrupt. And were it to be
suppressed or inadequately observed, no one would feel safe
about anything." The Roman statesman Cicero uttered those
famous words over 2,000 years ago” (Ashley Murphy.2020).
 Rules and Morality

In general, …
Laws are commonly accepted principles or guidelines that specify
how things are or should be done and inform you what you are and
are not allowed to do.
Morality is the belief that some behaviors are correct and
appropriate while others are not.

Law
Sanctions are invariably imposed
for the infringement of a legal
obligation
Law is deliberately changed by
Parliament and/or the courts
Morality
There is no official sanction for
immoral behavior, although society
often creates its own form of
censorship
Morality cannot be deliberately
changed, rather it evolves slowly

Legal principles need to incorporate Morality is invariably much more

a degree of certainty flexible and variable
References:
 Matsuo, Hiroshi. (2003). Introduction to the Civil Law
System book
 Keystone. (2020). What is Civil Law and Why Study it?.
(https://www.lawstudies.com/article/what-is-civil-law-and-
why-study-it/ )
 Openlearn. (2020). Differences between law and morality. (
https://www.open.edu/openlearn/ocw/mod/oucontent/view.ph
p?id=68341&section=3.2 )