Common Law System Overview
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Which legal system relies heavily on precedents and conventions?

  • Statute law system
  • Common law system (correct)
  • Civil law system
  • Code law system
  • In which legal system are the main rules of the law embodied in legislative codes?

  • Statute law system (correct)
  • Civil law system
  • Common law system
  • Code law system
  • Which countries mostly employ a statute law legal system?

  • Most continental European countries and Japan (correct)
  • USA, Great Britain, Canada, India
  • China, Russia, Brazil
  • Australia, New Zealand, South Africa
  • Under which legal system is there a strict and literal interpretation of the law?

    <p>Statute law system</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In practice, what happens to the distinction between common law and statute law systems?

    <p>They clearly overlap</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Although US judges rely on precedents, which other sources do they refer to?

    <p>'Laws that are contained in statutes or codes'</p> Signup and view all the answers

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