英美法系和大陆法系是世界两大主要法系。两大法系因出于不同的背景而形成了迥然不同的法律内容和法律形式。传统的英美法系,“判例法”占主导地位。现在,随着全球政治经济交流范围的扩大和程度的加深,两大法系渐渐相互融合并产生了趋同现象。近几十年来,英美法系国家制定了大量成文法以作为对“判例法”的补充,“判例法”也在大陆法系国家的司法实践中日趋显 Anglo-American law and civil law are the two main legal systems in the world. Because of their different backgrounds, the two major legal systems have formed quite different legal contents and legal forms. The traditional Anglo-American legal system, “case law ” dominates. Now, with the expansion and deepening of the scope of global political and economic exchanges, the two legal systems have gradually merged with each other and created convergence. In recent decades, Anglo-American countries have formulated a large number of written laws to supplement “case law ”, “case law ” is also increasingly apparent in judicial practice in civil law countries