大陸法系和英美法系的比較：
1,分類不同,英美法系分普通法和衡平發(fā),大陸法系分公法私法
2,法官在訴訟中的地位不同,英美法系奉行當(dāng)事人主義,法官是中立者,大陸法系國家,法官占主導(dǎo)地位、
3 法律淵源不同,英美法系國家包括判例法,大陸法系國家不包括
4,法律編撰形式不同,大陸法系國家采用法典的形式,英美法系國家不然.
1、大陸法系的特點(diǎn)：(1)全面繼承羅馬法：吸收了許多羅馬私法的原則、制度,如賦予某些人的集合體以特定的權(quán)利能力和行為能力；所有權(quán)的絕對(duì)性,取得財(cái)產(chǎn)的各種方法,某人享有他人所有物的某些權(quán)利；侵權(quán)行為與契約制度；遺囑繼承與法定繼承相結(jié)合制度等.還接受了羅馬法學(xué)家的整套技術(shù)方法,如公法與私法的劃分,人法、物法、訴訟法的私法體系,物權(quán)與債權(quán)的分類,所有與占有、使用、收益權(quán)地役權(quán)以及思維、推理的方式.(2)實(shí)行法典化,法律規(guī)范的抽象化概括化.(3)明確立法與司法的分工,強(qiáng)調(diào)制定法的權(quán)威,一般不承認(rèn)法官的造法功能.(4)法學(xué)在推動(dòng)法律發(fā)展中起著重要作用：法學(xué)創(chuàng)立了法典編纂和立法的理論基礎(chǔ),如自然法理論、分權(quán)學(xué)說、民族國家理論等,使法律適應(yīng)社會(huì)發(fā)展需要的任務(wù)由法學(xué)家來完成.
2、英美法系,又稱普通法法系、英國法系,是以英國自中世紀(jì)以來的法律,特別是以普通法為基礎(chǔ)而發(fā)展起來的法律的總稱.英美法系首先起源于11世紀(jì)諾曼人入侵英國后逐步形成的以判例形式出現(xiàn)的普通法.
英美法系包括英國法系和美國法系.英國法系采取不成文憲法制和單一制,法院設(shè)有"司法審查權(quán)".美國法系采用成文憲法制和聯(lián)邦制,法院有通過具體案件確定是否符合憲法的"司法審查權(quán)",公民權(quán)利主要通過憲法規(guī)定.
英美法系的范圍,除英國(不包括蘇格蘭)、美國外,主要是曾是英國殖民地、附屬國的國家和地區(qū),如印度、巴基斯坦、新加坡、緬甸、加拿大、澳大利亞、新西蘭、馬來西亞等.中國香港地區(qū)也屬于英美法系.
英美法系特點(diǎn)：(1)以英國為中心,英國普通法為基礎(chǔ)；(2)以判例法為主要表現(xiàn)形式,遵循先例；(3)變革相對(duì)緩慢,具有保守性,"向后看"的思維習(xí)慣；(4)在法律發(fā)展中,法官具有突出作用；(5)體系龐雜,缺乏系統(tǒng)性；(6)注重程序的"訴訟中心主義".
Civil and common law of : 1 classification, common law and equitable development of the Common Law minutes. 2 hours, private civil law, the judge in the proceedings, the parties to pursue common law doctrine. Judges are neutral and civil law countries, dominated by judges, three different legal sources. case law, including common law countries, civil law countries, including four laws written form, countries in the form of a civil code, not common law countries. 1, civil features : (1) inherited the Roman absorbed many Rome : Private principle, If certain people in the assembly and the right to a specific act; the absolute nature of ownership, obtaining property by various means, from a person entitled to all the rights of others; tort and contract system; intestate succession and inheritance combined system. Roman scientists have received the full set of technical methods, such as the demarcation of public and private law, human, material, whom the private system. the classification of property and creditors, all with possession, use and yield the right of way easement and thinking, reasoning method. (2) implementation of the Code and the laws regulating the abstract generalization. (3) a clear division of the legislature and judiciary and stressed the authority of law, the judge said the law does not generally recognize function. (4) Law plays an important role in promoting the development of the law : the law created a theoretical basis for the codification and the legislature, If natural law theory, the separation of powers doctrine, nation-state theory. make the law meet the needs of social development tasks to be completed by the jurists. 2, the common law system, known as common-law, British law, since the law is based on English since the Middle Ages. In particular, the development of common law legal basis for the skies. Common Law origin of the first Norman invasion of Britain in the 11th century, after evolving in the form of common law jurisprudence. British common law, including law and the United States law. Britain adopted an unwritten constitutional law system and a single system, the court has "the right to judicial review." USA and France by using a written constitution and federalism. Court to the constitutionality of a specific case to determine whether the "judicial review" on civil rights, mainly through constitutional provisions. The scope of the common law, with the exception of the United Kingdom (excluding Scotland), the United States, is used to be a British colony. subsidiary's countries and regions, such as India, Pakistan, Singapore, Myanmar, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia. China's Hong Kong region is also common law. Anglo-American legal system characteristics : (1) to the United Kingdom as the center, based on English common law; (2) to the case law as the main form. follow precedent; (3) changes in the relative slow, conservative, "backward" thinking habits. (4) the development of law, the judge has a prominent role; (5) The system of allocation of resources, lack of systemic; (6) process-oriented "legal point of view."