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Common Law Systems

While they often have statutes, common law systems rely more on precedent, judicial decisions that have already been made.
Common law systems are adversarial, rather than investigatory, with the judge moderating between two opposing parties.
The legal system in the United States is a common law system (with the exception of Louisiana, which has a mix of civil and common law).

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