Foundations of Freedom

Roman Law vs. Common Law It is said in the opinion: A learned writer has said that one of the distinguishing features of difference between the civil law of Rome and the common law of England is that the civil law acted personally, while the common law acts territorially. The civil law applied to every Roman citizen wherever he was, and only a Roman citizen could claim the benefits of it, even in Rome, while the common law operates on every person and thing in the territory, and on those only. Code of Alabama, 1975, vol 3 title 1. General Provisions, 1-3-1,2.

Civil law difference between civil law and common law. In Jones v. Hines, 157Ala. 624, 47So.739(Ala. 1908)

Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America, a Constitutionalized, de jure nation.