The Common Law system is an older, more complex and more difficult system than the French or German civil codes (Albanese, Drammer, 2014). The common law system began with judges appointing people from different parts of the county to create laws related to the standards followed by that part of the country. The country of India has several “norms” that most and almost all people in the country follow. One of the many payments is the payment of dowry. Dowry, as defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary, is a payment made to the man's family on behalf of the woman's family. If the woman's family does not provide the money, the men usually burn the women. The legal system of India also relates to the common law system as it has a legal system followed by the norms of