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The contemporary legal systems of the world are generally based on one of four basic systems : civil law , common law , statutory law , religious law or combinations of these. However, the legal system of each country is shaped by its unique history and so incorporates individual variations.
Both, Civil (also known as Continental European ) and Common law systems, can be considered the most widespread in the world, Civil because it is the most widespread by landmass, and Common because it is being employed by the most number of people.
Common law and equity are systems of law whose sources are the decisions in cases by judges. Alongside, every system will have a legislature that passes new laws and statutes. The relationships between statutes and judicial decisions can be complex. In some jurisdictions, such statutes may overrule judicial decisions or codify the topic covered by several contradictory or ambiguous decisions. In some jurisdictions, judicial decisions may decide whether the jurisdiction's constitution allowed a particular st