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Traditionally, substantial differences between the common law and civil law systems in terms of judge's roles could be obviously identified. Today, however, it is becoming more difficult to identify the differences between the two systems. In the common law systems a good deal of codification has taken place and judges are playing a more active role in proceedings. On the other hand, judges in civil law systems are more inclined to follow precedents and a good deal of case law have been built up to assist in the interpretation of statutory codes. In this paper, I attempt to analyze some basic differences between the common law judge's roles and civil law judge's roles and contemporary trends. |
