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legal systems deal with the same basic issues, but each country
categorizes and identifies its legal subjects in different ways. A
common distinction is that between "public law" (a term related
closely to the state, and including constitutional, administrative
and criminal law), and "private law" (which covers contract, tort
and property). In civil law systems, contract and tort fall under a
general law of obligations, while trusts law is dealt with under
statutory regimes or international conventions. International,
constitutional and administrative law, criminal law, contract, tort,
property law and trusts are regarded as the "traditional core
subjects”, although there are many further disciplines which may be
of greater practical importance. |
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