In any given nation, legal systems can be used to maintain the status quo, safeguard individual rights, protect the disadvantaged from the majorities, promote social justice, enhance human rights, and provide for harmonious social reform. However, there arise difficulties in what type of legal system to use in achieving the functions named earlier due to various legal systems in the world. These legal systems include civil laws, Islamic laws, and common laws. This paper’s scope will primarily focus on the difference between the civil laws – where all legal laws are contained in one or more extensive statutory enactments and majorly apply in countries such as China, France, Germany, and Spain and the common laws – that is peculiar to England and former British Empire colonies. While the civil law and standard law systems deal with many of the same legal concerns, there are substantial variations between the two legal systems regarding legal framework, taxonomy, core principles, and vocabulary. First, the binding effect of precedents is one of the primary distinctions between common and civil law systems. Precedents can be viewed as prima facie justifications to exclude numerous other explanations from legal argumentation (Peczenik, 2016). It arises whenever a court is examining a case where the court must refer to an earlier point ruled as precedent if the facts of the case are similar. The court is projected to reference some legal concepts from earlier claims pertinent to the latest issue when rendering its ruling (Nor Muhammad et al., 2020). In case law or common law, an agreement is not enforceable unless backed up by consideration. On the contrary, in civil law, mechanisms do not have binding force since the adjudicators’ job in civil law is to establish the case’s circumstances and select the correct code’s requirements. While the judge frequently brings formal accusations, examines the problem, and resolves the appeal, he or she does so within the confines of a thorough, codified body of laws. As a result, the judge’s decision has less influence on the development of civil law than the judgments of lawmakers and legal experts who write and analyze the codes. For instance, according to Al-Hajri and Zafar Muhammad (2018), article 1131 of the French Civil Code, an agreement entered into without cause or based on an untrue or unlawful reason is void, implying that an entity may enter into an extra contract obligating him to fulfill a commitment for the benefit of the other entity without receiving anything in return. Secondly, the distinction between civil laws and common laws can be examined regarding their historical backgrounds leading to their existence and formation. England’s common law was substantially established following the Norman Conquest of 1066 Angelucci and Voigtländer, 2018). Further, the Anglo-Saxons, particularly after Alfred the Great’s arrival, created a set of norms matching those used by northern Europe’s Germanic peoples. The common law is characterized by local customs ruling most issues, but religion plays a significant role in governance. Crimes were viewed as wrongdoings for which the victim was compensated. Although the conquest of the Normans did not initially end Anglo-Sa