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Group Members: 1.Trần Thanh Bình 2.Phạm Chí Thiện 3.Nguyễn Thanh Nhàn 4.Nguyễn Việt Hạnh Duyên

Outline: 1.History & Some fundamental properties of Civil Law & Common Law. 2.The comparison between Civil Law and Common Law. 3.Law in Vietnam.

Part 1: History & Fundamental Properties

The origin:  Anglo-Saxon law.  The base of American Law.  Originated from the reign of Henry II of England.  Built up from the Common Customs  Precedents.  Keep judging records & use them as precedents for similar cases later.

Development:  15 th century: System of Equity was established as the Development of Common Law in solving conflict cases.  1937: The new Federal Rules of Civil Procedure combined Law and Equity into one form: “Civil Action“.  Nowadays: ‘Question of Fact’ and ‘Question of Law’ are considered in judgment.

The origin:  Used often in Europe countries.  Derived from Roman law, especially the Corpus Juris Civilis of Emperor Justinian.  Proceeding from Broad legal principles and the Interpretation of doctrinal writings.

Development:  Specialize to countries.  Prussia 1794: Territorial Code.  France 1804: Napoleonic Code or Civil Code.

Part 2: The Comparison

Civil Law and Common Law have been applied around in the world.

 Share similarities in Social Objectives.  Both comprises Constitution.

Differences Law Judges Court

A. Law Common Law Created by Law case (rely on precedents). The courts are given the main task in creating the law. Dominated by judicial decisions A bottom-up approach to principles. Civil Law A codified system and it is developed by Legislator. The courts should apply the law. Statutes and code are the paramount source of jurisdiction. A top-down approach to principles.

B. Judges Common Law Judge & (Grand & Petit) Jury. Judges play referee role. Civil Law Members of Judicial Panel. Judges play director/examiner role.

C. Court Common Law Common Law Inductive legal reasoning Unified Court Structure Accusatorial/confrontationa l format Lawyers debate and oppose Civil Law Deductive legal reasoning Diffused Court Structures (multiple specialized courts) Inquisitorial/collaborative format Lawyers advise and inform

Part 3: Vietnamese Law  1858–1945: Viet Nam was colonized by French  French Laws leave a great Impact on Vietnam’s law then.  Ex: General guidelines for criminal activities, Punishments etc.  Vietnam gained Independence  Socialist Country  Follows Socialist Laws.  Today: Viet Nam’s Law = Communist Theory law + French Civil law.

Evaluation:  Common law: Quite flexible. Why? NOT bounded by the Rules.  Civil law is contrasted with common law (As seen in the table above ).

References References: s/0804crit.pdf s/0804crit.pdf