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In academic terms, French law can be divided into two main categories: private law ("''droit privé''") and public law ("''droit public''"). This differs from the traditional Common Law conception in which the main distinction is between Criminal law and Civil Law. Private Law governs relationships between individuals. It includes, in particular: *''Civil law'' (droit civil). This branch refers to the field of private law in Common Law systems. This branch encompasses the fields of inheritance law, civil law, family law, property law, and contract law. * Commercial law ("droit commercial") * Employment law ("droit du travail") Public law defines the structure and the workings of the government as well as relationships between the State and individuals.〔 It includes, in particular: *criminal law ("droit pénal") *administrative law ("droit administratif") *constitutional law ("droit constitutionnel") Together, these two distinctions form the backbone of legal studies in France, such that it has become a classical distinction〔 ==Overview== The legal system especially underwent changes after the French revolution. During the colonial era some Muslim-dominated societies began to blend the sharia local legal system with the French legal system. The announcement in November 2005 by the European Commission that, on the basis of powers recognised in a recent European Court of Justice ("ECJ") ruling, it intends to create a dozen or so European Union ("EU") criminal offences suggests that one should also now consider EU law ("droit communautaire", sometimes referred to, less accurately, as "droit européen") as a new and distinct area of law in France (akin to the "federal laws" that apply across States of the US, on top of their own State law), and not simply a group of rules which influence the content of France's civil, criminal, administrative and constitutional law. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Law of France」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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