Roman law in the days of the Roman Republic and Empire was heavily procedural, and lacked a professional legal class. Decisions were not published in any systematic way, so any case law that developed was disguised and almost unrecognised. Each case was to be decided afresh from the laws of the State, which mirrors the unimportance of judges’ decisions for future cases in civil law systems today.
- It is possible to take the view that there is no need to define the word “law” (e.g. “let’s forget about generalities and get down to cases”).
- Sharia law based on Islamic principles is used as the primary legal system in several countries, including Iran and Saudi Arabia.
- Public international law has a special status as law because there is no international police force, and courts (e.g. the International Court of Justice as the primary UN judicial organ) lack the capacity to penalise disobedience.
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