This concept of decided cases as a source of law is often referred to as the common law system, which must be contrasted with the civil law system developed in continental Europe.

把已判决的案例作为法的一个渊源，这种概念常被称为普通法系，它有别于大陆欧洲的在陆法系。

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The discussion of legal effect of unauthorized disposal contracts derived from article 51 of china contract law is significantly important to the construction of China civil law system.

我国《合同法》第51条的规定所引发的关于无权处分合同效力问题的讨论对中国民法体系建构具有重要意义。

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The withdrawing right of the obligee is an ancient civil law system.

债权人的撤销权是一项古老的民法制度。

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However, Hong Kong is part of China, which has a civil-law system, under which the ultimate power of interpretation is vested in the NPC's Standing Committee (SC).

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To advocate an open-ended qualification of the common-law system by introducing unspecified civil-law concepts is to betray the basic spirit and intent of the "basic policies" and the Basic Law.

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The states are ceding many blocking powers, but in return for new ones from the federal level, particularly in higher education, the penal system and civil-service law.

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