Common Law v. Civil Law

Here's the transcript for additional help! Hello! In this video I will try to help you understand the difference between common law and civil law. I will focus on 3 differences which I consider to be the most important. We will go through them, one difference for each row of the table. Please keep in mind that there are other differences too. What I’m doing here is just giving you a head-start as to the main differences between common law and civil law. Civil law is said to be codified as opposed to common law which is said to uncodified. When we say that something is codified, we basically mean that it is written down somewhere, that the rules are all collected together somewhere. The UK constitution is said to be uncodified because all the laws with which the state operates are not collected in a single book. In contrast, the US has the America’s Constitution book – their constitution is codified. Do bear in mind that the laws of England & Wales don’t just exist in the minds o