Civil Law Civil law is one of the two major legal systems of the world, common law being the other. The civil-law system is principally associated with Europe s Legal Systems. Washington, DC: Washington Law Book Company,...

Civil law can have two distinct meanings. One meaning, in Anglo-American usage, refers to the continental European tradition of ‘code law’, which is often called civil, or even ‘civilian’, law, as distinct from the common law so...

Civil law may refer to: Civil law (common law),the area of law in common law countries governing relations between private individuals Civil law (legal system), a system of law based on the Corpus Juris Civilis prevalent in continental Europe, Central...