The Civil & Common

Welcome Back Folks,

For those who don't know me I am a lawyer and today's post is all about the systems of law- The Civil & Common and the empires that propounded them. Law in the most simple terms is a set of rules. The world as we know it majorly follows two systems of law i.e. the Civil and Common law systems.

Civil Law:(All hail the Roman Empire!)
This system originally comes from the city-state turned ancient superpower, Rome. The Romans were among the first organised civilizations that we know off and for a society to stay organised there needs to be rules and enforcement of rules. As early as 450 BCE the Romans came up with something called the "Twelve Tables", a set of rules written down on bronze tablets and displayed for everyone to see in the center of Rome. This was in order to practice (believe it or not) the ideal that 'all are equal under law' and an unwritten law cannot be enforced equally. So, long story short, we started writing rules down.

Common Law: ( Ahh! the English)
After the Norman invasion of the tiny island the new monarchy sought to survey the land and lay down the gauntlet. Circuit Courts were established to administrate and resolve disputes in the name of the King and the decisions passed by the judges of these courts is what became the Common law which also sought to be applicable equally to all hence the name "Common" law. This later evolved and matured into the present system of separation of powers. The law making, executing, and deciding. This system was spread across the world by the empire on which the sun never sat.

That's it for the short history lesson!

Thanks for reading,
Vatsav