Legal Literacy - This article discusses the types of legal systems that exist and are applied in the world. Let's look at the explanation of the various types of legal systems in the world, and find out the differences.

Civil Law System

Basically, the civil law system is adopted by Continental European countries which are based on Roman law. Roman law itself is sourced from Corpus Iuris Civils by Emperor Iustinianus. In its historical development Corpus Iuris Civils regulates laws that can satisfactorily resolve various more active economic problems and problems of society that are more developed in using their land.

Roman law offers a unification of laws that apply to all political units. Roman law itself is formed from various customs and socio-institutions of Western Europe. (L. Friedman, 2009: 268).

As is known, one of the most prominent features of the civil law system is the division of law, namely private law and public law. Furthermore, in such a long historical journey, the civil law system has been greatly influenced by the doctrine of natural law. According to the doctrine of natural law, the factor of reason greatly influences the civil law system.

According to Satjipto Rahardjo (1996:240), the characteristic of the civil law system or Roman law starts from the center of life and the administration of law lies in the concept of people about rules or…