Socialist Legality is an idea that forms the basis for a legal system, much like the common law and civil law (or Napoleonic Code). This article concerns the common-law legal system, as contrasted with the civil law legal system; for other meanings of the term, within the field of law, see common law (disambiguation). ... Civil law is a codified system of law that sets out a comprehensive system of rules that are applied and interpreted by judges. ... First page of the 1804 original edition The original Napoleonic Code, or Code Napoléon (originally called the Code civil des français, or civil code of the French), was the French civil code, established at the behest of Napoléon I. It entered into force on March 21, 1804. ...

Socialist Legality postulates that in a socialist society, the law should serve as a tool to promote the development of socialism. Socialism is a social and economic system (or the political philosophy advocating such a system) in which the economic means of production are owned and controlled collectively by the people. ...

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"Law and Society in Contemporary Cuba" (Second Edition), by Debra Evenson. Published by Kluwer Law International; The Hague, Netherlands, 2003. Available for purchase through Aspen Publishers, Inc. (www.aspenpublishers.com)