A Primer on the Civil-Law System

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USA, Publisher Federal Judicial Center, 67 pages, In the main table below, various Louisiana civilian concepts are defined, and correlated with common-law concepts where possible. The civilian terms defined in the table generally have some counterpart in common-law terminology, are interesting or unique Louisiana civilian concepts, are different uses of words than in the common law, or are simply used more often in Louisiana than in her sister states.Contents Acknowledgments IntroductionThe History and Development of the Civil-Law System In the Beginning: All Roads Lead to Rome Medieval Developments in Italy Canon Law and the Law Merchant Intellectual Developments Leading to the Codification Process The Codification Processes in France and Germany The French Code The German Code The Codes of Chile and Brazil The Development of the Role of Jurists in Modern SystemsThe Civil-Law System As It Exists and Functions in the Modern Era The Public Law–Private Law Dichotomy Court Structure The Legal Process Civil Procedure Criminal Procedure Appellate Procedure Legal Actors: Tradition and Transition Legal Scholars The Legislature Judges Legal Education and Lawyers Transition in the Civil-Law WorldThe Common Law and a Comparison of the Civil-Law and Common-Law Systems Origins of the Common-Law System Jurists in the Common-Law System Differences in the Two SystemsConclusion Bibliography