POLI 320 Lecture 3: Week-4-Roman-Napoleonic-Civil-Law
8 Mar 2017
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Origins: civil law is the first legal system to emerge from a system where there is already a legalistic tradition (talmudic). The civil law emerged under the roman empire. It was born in oppositio(cid:374) to chtho(cid:374)i(cid:272) a(cid:374)d tal(cid:373)udi(cid:272) traditio(cid:374)s, it (cid:449)as(cid:374)"t (cid:272)reated out of a vacuum. 800 bce, lost its prominence then re-emerged around the 11th century ce. The main idea of the civil law has been the code -> codification of laws. The idea that codification is not exclusive nor distinct to the romans and civil law tradition. Individualism was prominent in roman society, triggered the roman state to shape the law in consequence as it was not only a member of the. 450 bce -> the 12 tablets: the first set of rules of how rules would be decided in rome. In rome, the success of having written laws led to the creation of :
