codifying of the law

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• Law and Law Codes —    Prior to their contacts with the Roman Empire in the migration period, the Germanic, or barbarian, peoples of Europe had no written laws or legal codes. The nature of the law was customary. Law was remembered and passed along through an oral… …   Encyclopedia of Barbarian Europe

• law code — Systematic compilation of law or legal principles. The oldest extant fragments of a law code are tablets from the ancient city of Ebla dating to с 2400 BC. The best known ancient code is that of Hammurabi. Roman legal records began in the 5th… …   Universalium

• Roman law — the system of jurisprudence elaborated by the ancient Romans, a strong and varied influence on the legal systems of many countries. [1650 60] * * * Law of the Roman Republic and Empire. Roman law has influenced the development of law in most of… …   Universalium

• Chinese law — Law that evolved in China from the earliest times until the 20th century, when Western socialist law (see Soviet law) was introduced. The oldest extant and complete Chinese law code was compiled in AD 653 during the Tang dynasty. Traditional… …   Universalium

• CODIFICATION OF LAW — This article is arranged according to the following outline: the concept and its prevalence in other legal systems in jewish law in the mishnah format and style of the mishnah the talmud and post talmudic halakhic literary forms variety of… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• common law — 1. the system of law originating in England, as distinct from the civil or Roman law and the canon or ecclesiastical law. 2. the unwritten law, esp. of England, based on custom or court decision, as distinct from statute law. 3. the law… …   Universalium

• Customary law in South Africa — South African customary law refers to that usually uncodified legal system developed and practiced by the indigenous communities of South Africa. Customary law has been defined as an established system of immemorial rules [...] evolved from the… …   Wikipedia

• Common law — For other uses, see Common law (disambiguation). Common law (also known as case law or precedent) is law developed by judges through decisions of courts and similar tribunals rather than through legislative statutes or executive branch action. A… …   Wikipedia

• Sources of international law — are the materials and processes out of which the rules and principles regulating the international community are developed. They have been influenced by a range of political and legal theories. During the 19th century, it was recognised by legal… …   Wikipedia

• canon law — canon lawyer. the body of codified ecclesiastical law, esp. of the Roman Catholic Church as promulgated in ecclesiastical councils and by the pope. [1300 50; ME] * * * Body of laws established within Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy,… …   Universalium

• comparative law — Introduction       examination of comparative legal systems and of the relationships of the law to the social sciences. Historical development of comparative law       The expression comparative law is a modern one, first used in the 19th century …   Universalium