Iran has also witnessed a reiteration of Islamic law into its legal system after 1979. During the last few decades, one of the fundamental features of the movement of Islamic resurgence has been the call to restore the Sharia, which has generated a vast amount of literature and affected world politics. In general, legal systems can be split between civil law and common law systems. The term “civil law”, referring to the civilian legal system originating in continental Europe, should not be confused with “civil law” in the sense of the common law topics distinct from criminal law and public law.
- Japan was the first country to begin modernising its legal system along western lines, by importing parts of the French, but mostly the German Civil Code.
- This is mainly contained in a body of law and jurisprudence known as Sharia and Fiqh respectively.
- In the United States the field