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Especially since privatisation became popular and took management of services away from public Law, private companies doing the jobs previously controlled by government have been bound by varying degrees of social responsibility. Energy, gas, telecomms and water are regulated industries in most OECD countries. Significant to the practice of law in the common law tradition is the legal research to determine the current state of the law.

• A hallmark of Stanford University and a distinct strength of Stanford Law, where students can explore the many ways law intersects with other fields.
• This distinction is stronger in civil law countries, particularly those with a separate system of administrative courts; by contrast, the public-private law divide is less pronounced in common law jurisdictions.
• Modern civil law systems essentially derive from legal codes issued by Byzantine Emperor Justinian I in the 6th century, which were rediscovered by 11th century Italy.