大陆法系和英美法系是西方法学家根据法律的历史传统对法律形式进行的分类。香港由于历史政治因素,其法律制度体系主要来源于英国,属于英美法系,又称普通法体系。是以英国中世纪时期的法律作为传统而产生和发展的法律体系。其主要特点是在司法审判中尊从先例,判例作为法律的主 The civil law system and Anglo-American law system are the classification of legal forms by Western jurists based on the historical tradition of law. Due to historical and political factors, Hong Kong’s legal system mainly comes from the United Kingdom, which belongs to the Anglo-American legal system, also known as the common law system. Is a legal system created and developed by the tradition of the laws of medieval England. Its main features are respecting precedent in judicial adjudication and judicial precedent as the main law