Civil law and common law : Two different paths leading to the same goal

The aim of this paper was not to judge which legal system is better: civil law or common law. The task of lawyers should not be to defend their legal systems/ but to improve them. Each legal system may have some advantages and deficiencies. If a foreign legal system has some advantages, why not i...

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Main Author: Časlav Pejović
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hrvatska Akademija Znanosti i Umjetnosti 2001-07-01
Series:Poredbeno Pomorsko Pravo
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Online Access:https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/170467
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spelling doaj-666ebd9a1c3d4a5581e4753bb1b82fec2020-11-24T23:41:33ZengHrvatska Akademija Znanosti i UmjetnostiPoredbeno Pomorsko Pravo1331-99141848-89272001-07-0140155732Civil law and common law : Two different paths leading to the same goalČaslav Pejović0Faculty of Law, Kyoto University, JapanThe aim of this paper was not to judge which legal system is better: civil law or common law. The task of lawyers should not be to defend their legal systems/ but to improve them. Each legal system may have some advantages and deficiencies. If a foreign legal system has some advantages, why not incorporate them in our domestic legal system? In that way the resulting convergence of the two legal systems can only contribute to their common goal of creating a fair and just legal system which can provide legal certainty and protection to all citizens and legal persons. https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/170467civil lawcommon lawcomparative lawunification
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Civil law and common law : Two different paths leading to the same goal
Poredbeno Pomorsko Pravo
civil law
common law
comparative law
unification
author_facet Časlav Pejović
author_sort Časlav Pejović
title Civil law and common law : Two different paths leading to the same goal
title_short Civil law and common law : Two different paths leading to the same goal
title_full Civil law and common law : Two different paths leading to the same goal
title_fullStr Civil law and common law : Two different paths leading to the same goal
title_full_unstemmed Civil law and common law : Two different paths leading to the same goal
title_sort civil law and common law : two different paths leading to the same goal
publisher Hrvatska Akademija Znanosti i Umjetnosti
series Poredbeno Pomorsko Pravo
issn 1331-9914
1848-8927
publishDate 2001-07-01
description The aim of this paper was not to judge which legal system is better: civil law or common law. The task of lawyers should not be to defend their legal systems/ but to improve them. Each legal system may have some advantages and deficiencies. If a foreign legal system has some advantages, why not incorporate them in our domestic legal system? In that way the resulting convergence of the two legal systems can only contribute to their common goal of creating a fair and just legal system which can provide legal certainty and protection to all citizens and legal persons.
topic civil law
common law
comparative law
unification
url https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/170467
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