由于私法或民法在整个19世纪叱咤风云,并获得了法律的“霸主”地位,因此学界普遍认为,19世纪的大陆法系是私法的时代。但是,当历史进入到20世纪以后,私法的“霸主”地位却随着公法和社会法的崛起而趋于衰落。于是20世纪的大陆法系,又被人们称为公法的时代。言下之意,大陆法系私法地位衰落了。到底是什么原因改变了大陆法 Since the private law or the civil law prevailed throughout the 19th century and gained the “overlord” status of the law, it is generally accepted in the academic circle that the civil law system of the 19th century was an era of private law. However, as history entered the twentieth century, private law’s “hegemony” status tended to decline with the rise of public law and social law. So in the 20th century, the civil law system, also known as the era of public law. The implication is that civil law status of civil law decline. In the end what changed the mainland law