LAWS 1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Corpus Juris Civilis, Twelve Tables, Praetor
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Main differences between civil law and common law. Common law tradition judge judge-made law. Civil law tradition legislator civil law: codification of rules. If you have to deal with a civil law system, first step would be to look at the code, not at the case law as in common law. Code is a system of organization and degree of abstraction to the rules. Code need be revised and take care of, to be cohesive. G(cid:396)eeks (cid:373)o(cid:396)e (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)e(cid:396)(cid:374)ed (cid:449)ith theo(cid:396)izi(cid:374)g (cid:862)justi(cid:272)e(cid:863) (cid:396)athe(cid:396) tha(cid:374) (cid:862)la(cid:449)(cid:863) But two principle contributions: concept of equity (aristotle): interprets laws flexibly to achieve justice, concept of individual as subject of rights. Into written law administered by professionals: xii tables c. 450 bc, praetors and their edicts helping the judex. Jurists and commentators gaius" i(cid:374)stitutes: to justi(cid:374)ia(cid:374)"s code (cid:1009)(cid:1007)(cid:1008) ce. The rules of the empire, but also commentary. Established for first time through the crowning of charlemagne in 800 ce.
