实例：
The civil law system is based on statutes rather than court decisions.
译文：
大陆法系建立在制定法，而非法院判例之上。
相关讲解：
Civil law在中国法律体系乃至在整个民法法系中主要是指与刑法或商法相对称的、作为一个独立部门的“民法”；但在普通法法系中，这样的部门法是不存在的；在英美法系中的法律人看来，civil law就是指大陆法系，而非我们所指的“民法”。
与civil有关的几个短语：civil action民事诉讼；civil code民法典；Law of Civil Procedure《民事诉讼法》；civil disobedience非暴力不合作；civil law system大陆法系；civil rights民权；civil liberties公民自由；civil obligation民事义务；civil remedy民事救济；civil trial民事审判；civil war内战；civil wrong民事过错行为；civil liability民事责任。
例句：
Civil law is the name of a particular system of jurisprudence that is followed in a great many countries of the world.
现学现用：
英译汉：Other classifications include civil law versus common law and substantive law versus procedural law.
