Civil law (or Civilian Law) - is a legal system inspired by Roman law, the primary feature of which is that laws are written into a collection, codified, and not (as in common law) determined by judges. Conceptually, it is the group of legal ideas and systems ultimately derived from the Code of... Read more...
Criminal laws dealing with many petty offences should be scrapped, according to the body responsible for reviewing the law in England and Wales. The Law Commission said regulatory bodies should only seek criminal sanctions in serious cases, with minor offences coming under civil law, usually d... Read more...