Running Head: LAW AND SOCIETY 1 LAW AND SOCIETY Name of Student School name Date of Submission LAW AND SOCIETY 2 Legal tradition is a historically cited way of doing things. Legal culture is the snapshot of cultural values that underpin different approaches to law in society. The legal system is the institutions or professionals that make us the dos or fonts in the jurisdiction. Legal family groups together common law systems and common law. Different legal traditions involve civil law, common law, Islamic law, and socialist law (Lippmann, 2020). They govern different traditions of how the law is made and enacted in different cultures. These legal traditions share a similar approach to heritage and commitment through the evolution of law. For example, Islamic law involves the use of Sharia courts, in front of judges and constant reference to the Koran as the word of God, while civil law refers to codes, principles, and rules being defined. Case laws refer to cases in previous law judgments and evidence in front of judges in a court of law. Common law focuses on individual rights and liberties, where the judge deciding the case looks over at the stare devices and follows the decision of the other judges. There are several similarities between common and civil law. For instance, in private law, it involves places where a contract is drafted, and several torts being followed for private individual property and organizations, while public law is more criminal, based on publ ...
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