Table 1: Common Law vs. Civil Law:

 
Common
Civil
History
England
France
Location
Eng., Ireland, US, Australia, UK colonies
Western Europe, S. and C. America
Justification
Precedent, Social norms
Code
Legal Instruction
Cases
Code
Role of Judge
Adversarial
Inquisitorial
Juries
Jury: fact; judge: law
used less frequently
Discovery 
More
Less
Depositions
More
Less



Recent Studies on Effects of Differences

Regulation Less More
Property Rights Protection More Less
Economic Growth More Less
Political Freedom More Less
Governmental Efficiency More Less

Table: 2 Substantive v. Procedural Law
Substantive Law
Procedural Law
Administrative Law
Agency
Bailments
Commercial Paper
Constitutional LAw
Contracts
Corporation Law
Criminal LAw
Insurance
Intellectual Property
Partnership Law
Personal Property
Real Property
Sales
Taxation
Torts
Trusts and Wills

Evidence
Administrative Procedure
Appellate Procedure
Civil Procedure
Criminal Procedure

Table: 3 Public and Private Laws
Public
Private
Administrative Law
Civil, Criminal and Appellate Procedure
Constitutional Law
Criminal law
Evidence
Taxation

Agency
Commercial Paper
Contracts
Corporation law
Patnership law
Personal Property
Real property
Sales
Torts
Trusts and Wills

Table: 4 Criminal and Civil

Criminal
Civil
Administrative Law
Antitrust Law
Constitutional Law
Criminal Law
Environmental Law
Labor Law
Securities Law
Agency
Bailment
Bankruptcy
Business Organization
Commercial Paper
Contracts
Insurance
Property
Sales
Secured Transactions
Torts
Trusts and Wills

Table 8: Liability Rules for Torts
 

Injurer faultless
 -Injurer at fault
-Victim at fault
-Injurer at fault (below level of precaution)
-Victim faultless
Negligence
Injurer not liable 
Injurer liable 
Injurer liable
Contributory Negligence
Injurer not liable
Injurer not liable
Injurer liable
Comparative Negligence
 Injurer not liable
Injurer liable in proportion to its negligence
 Injurer liable