REVIEW OF LEGAL SYSTEMSThe legal system is a system developed to control the functioning of a country's regulatory, governmental, and judicial authorities that supervise and enforce the country's laws and regulations. The legal system that I choose to briefly review is that of my country of origin and in particular the Greek (Hellenic) legal system compared to the legal system of the United States of America (USA). I choose the above systems for their differences and a similarity they have. The Greek legal system derives from the civil law tradition and was influenced by Roman and Byzantine law (Blakesley, 1991) together with the modern civil law of the German state. Modern Greek law has established itself and evolved since the birth of the Hellenic State in 1830, after the positive outcome of the war of independence fought against the Turks in 1821. The vital element for Greek law is the distinction between private and public law (Tassopoulos, n.d.).All applicable Greek laws are codified in different codes. The only exception is administrative law (WUni, n.d.). According to Tassopoulos (nd) the most essential codifications of Greek law are the Civil Code, the Code of Civil Procedure, the Code of Trimenal Law, the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Penal Code. Since the Greek (Hellenic) legal system belongs to the civil legal tradition system it has no reference of common law and judicial precedents, therefore all legal cases must be dealt with against a certain law applicable to the case which will also determine the outcome of the verdict of the case cited. Finally, the judicial system of Greece (Hellas) is completely independent and its independence is guaranteed by the constitution. The Greek Judicial System...... middle of paper......ejovic.pdfPOMEROY, J., 1883. An Introduction to the Constitutional Law of the United States. 7th ed. [online] Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Company. [viewed 21 April 2014]. Available from: https://archive.org/details/cu31924019960867TASSOPOULOS I. nd The legal system [online] [accessed 21 April 2014]. Available from: http://video.minpress.gr/wwwminpress/aboutgreece/aboutgreece_legal_system.pdfTHE FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER (FJC), n.d., The US Legal System: A Short Description [online] [viewed April 21, 2014]. Available at: http://www.fjc.gov/public/pdf.nsf/lookup/US_Legal_System_English07.pdf/$file/US_Legal_System_English07.pdf US DEPARTMENT OF STATE (USDS), 2004, Profile of the US Legal System. [online] [viewed 21 April 2014]. Available from: http://photos.state.gov/libraries/korea/49271/dwoa_122709/Outline-of-the-U_S_-Legal-System.pdf