What to Look For . . .

• How do legal traditions differ from legal systems?
• What are today’s four legal traditions?
• How does the meaning of civil law in America compare with the term’s meaning in much of the rest of the world?
• What developmental subtraditions were important in bringing about each legal tradition?
• Does America’s legal tradition have any civil law aspects?
• How are written law and unwritten law distinguished?
• What is the primary source of law in each of the legal traditions?
• How is law kept flexible in each tradition?