has been largely maintained in the legal system of the People's Republic of China since 1949. Meanwhile, codifications also became more common in common law systems. For example, a criminal code is found in a number of common law jurisdictions in Australia and the Americas, and continues to be debated in England. In the Americas, the influence of Continental legal codes has manifest itself in two ways. In civil law jurisdictions, legal codes in the Continental tradition are common. In common law jurisdictions, however, there has been a strong trend towards codification. The result of such codification, however, is not always a legal code as found in civil law jurisdictions. For example, the California Civil Code largely codifies common law doctrine and is very different in form and content from all other civil codes. Civil code A civil code typically forms the core of civil law systems. The legal code typically covers exhaustively the entire system of private law. Civil codes are always also found in common especially in the United States of America. However, such civil codes are often collections of common law rules and a variety of ad hoc statutes; that is, they do not aspire to complete logical coherence. Criminal code A criminal code or penal code is a common feature in many legal systems. Codification of the criminal law allows the criminal law to be more accessible and more democratically made and amended. See also Code (cryptography) Genetic code Language Legal code (municipal) List of national legal systems Source code Visigothic Code References van Gulik, R.H. Crime and Punishment in Ancient China: The Tang Yin Pi Shih. Orchid Press, 2007., External links Codex Iustinianus Site The Roman Law Library Code of Laws of the United States of America (US Code) law.cornell.edu Napoleonic Code napoleon-series.org contemporary French law codes legifrance.gouv.fr Louisiana Civil Code legis.state.la.us Connecticut General Statutes (2013 Ed.) cga.ct.gov Civil law (legal system) Sources of law