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Within some legal systems, particularly in the United States, "civil law" is used as a broad term encompassing various areas of law that deal with disputes between private individuals and entities, as opposed to criminal law which focuses on offenses against the state.
While there aren't necessarily figures solely associated with civil law as a field of study, legal scholars who made significant contributions to the core sub-areas are relevant:
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