人们习惯将当今西方国家的法律体系划分为普通法系(common law)和大陆法系(civil law),前者以英美国家为代表,后者则以法国、德国等大陆国家为典型。普通法其最大特点是法律规范是非法典化的,法律规则主要存在于法官以往的先例判决中,法官的判决引用的依据是以往的判例,因此又被称为判例法或者法官 People are accustomed to dividing the legal system in western countries into common law and civil law. The former is represented by the Anglo-American countries, while the latter by the mainland countries such as France and Germany. Common law is its most prominent feature is the legal norms are not codified, the legal rules mainly exist in the judge’s previous precedent judgments, the judge’s judgments based on past jurisprudence, it is also known as case law or judge