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Civil Law System

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This entry defines what is meant today for civil law; sketches an outline of its historical background; individualizes the two main models of it, German and French; and points to the difficulties of comparison with the common law, as to the hardships of a work of harmonization.

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  1. SciencesPo, Ecole de droit, University of Torino, Torino, Italy

    Pier Giuseppe Monateri

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  1. Lehrst. Finanzwissenschaft/ Finanzsoziologie, University of Erfurt, Erfurt, Thüringen, Germany

    Jürgen Backhaus

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Monateri, P.G. (2015). Civil Law System. In: Backhaus, J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Law and Economics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7883-6_591-1

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