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The 42 pages that link to Civil law (legal system), each with the reason it gives.

• Common lawCompared with: It contrasts with common law's historically prominent reliance on judicial precedent.

• Family lawCompared with: Civil-law systems organize family rules differently from common-law jurisdictions.

• Stare decisisCompared with: Its traditional emphasis on legislation contrasts with the common-law role of precedent.

• Contract lawCompared with: Contract doctrines and sources differ across these major legal traditions.

• PrecedentCompared with: Civil-law systems generally give judicial decisions a different formal role than common-law precedent.

• Prosecutorial discretionCompared with: Some civil-law systems use legality principles that more strongly require prosecution of eligible offenses.

• English lawCompared with: Its historical emphasis on codification contrasts with English reliance on precedent.

• Canon law of the Catholic ChurchCompared with: The term can describe a secular legal family, not the Church’s own canon law.

• Civil lawCompared with: The same phrase can name a legal tradition, not the body of private-law disputes.

• Upper CanadaCompared with: French civil law persisted in Lower Canada, unlike Upper Canada’s common-law tradition.

• Notary publicCompared with: Civil-law systems shaped a notarial profession with public evidentiary and legal functions.

• Private lawCompared with: The phrase “civil law” can name this legal tradition, not private law's subject matter.

• Law of the United StatesCompared with: It contrasts with the common-law tradition that strongly influences U.S. courts.

• Socialist lawCompared with: Socialist law borrowed civil-law structures while assigning them different political purposes.

• Alberico GentiliCompared with: His Oxford professorship concerned civil law, while his scholarship also addressed relations between polities.

• David Dudley Field IICompared with: Field looked to code-centered systems while attempting reform within an American common-law setting.

• Land lawCompared with: Its property concepts and terminology often differ from common-law land doctrines.

• Law of IndiaCompared with: Comparison highlights the substantial role of precedent in India’s legal tradition.

• Law of the United KingdomCompared with: Scots law has civil-law influences, unlike the predominantly common-law tradition elsewhere in the UK.

• Legal system of Saudi ArabiaCompared with: Saudi Arabia has expanded codification, but its system retains Sharia as a foundational source.