在英美普通法国家,侵权行为法(Law of Tort,Tort Law)是一个独立的法律领域。而在德、法、日等大陆法系国家,侵权行为被认为是民法之债发生的原因之一,故侵权行为法亦被认为是民法的一个分支,与合同法等并列。我国的侵权法理论和学科构建深受大陆法系影响,故侵权法当然被视为民法学的分支学科。但将侵权法视为只存在于民法 In Anglo-American common law countries, the Law of Tort (Tort Law) is an independent area of ​​law. In Germany, France, Japan and other civil law countries, tort is considered one of the reasons for the debt of civil law, so tort law is also considered a branch of civil law, tied with the contract law. The theory and disciplinary construction of tort law in our country are deeply influenced by the civil law system, so the tort law is certainly regarded as a branch of civil law. However, tort law is considered as existing only in civil law