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164 relations: Age of Enlightenment, Allgemeines bürgerliches Gesetzbuch, Andrés Bello, Andrés de Santa Cruz, Angola, Apostolic Canons, Argentina, Austria, Babylon, Bavaria, Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch, Benelux, Bolivia, Brazil, Brazilian Civil Code, Burgerlijk Wetboek, Byzantine Empire, California Civil Code, Canada, Canon law, Cape Verde, Chile, Chilean Civil Code, China, Civil Code of Catalonia, Civil Code of Lower Canada, Civil Code of Quebec, Civil Code of Romania, Civil Code of Russia, Civil Code of Spain, Civil Code of the People's Republic of China, Civil Code of the Philippines, Civil Code of the Republic of Korea, Civil Code of Ukraine, Civil law (common law), Civil law (legal system), Civil procedure, Code of Hammurabi, Code of Ur-Nammu, Codex Holmiensis, Codex Maximilianeus bavaricus civilis, Codification (law), Colombia, Colony, Commercial code (law), Commercial law, Common law, Comparative law, Constitution of India, Continental Europe, ... Expand index (114 more) »
- Civil codes
- Civil law (legal system)
Age of Enlightenment
The Age of Enlightenment (also the Age of Reason and the Enlightenment) was the intellectual and philosophical movement that occurred in Europe in the 17th and the 18th centuries.
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Allgemeines bürgerliches Gesetzbuch
The General civil code (Allgemeines bürgerliches Gesetzbuch or ABGB) is the Civil Code of Austria, which after about 40 years of preparatory work was published on 1 June 1811 and came into force on 1 January 1812. Civil code and Allgemeines bürgerliches Gesetzbuch are civil codes.
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Andrés Bello
Andrés de Jesús María y José Bello López (November 29, 1781 – October 15, 1865) was a Venezuelan humanist, diplomat, poet, legislator, philosopher, educator and philologist, whose political and literary works constitute an important part of Spanish American culture.
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Andrés de Santa Cruz
Andrés de Santa Cruz y Calahumana (30 November 1792 – 25 September 1865) was a Bolivian general and politician who served as interim president of Peru in 1827, the interim president of Peru from 1836 to 1838 and the sixth president of Bolivia from 1829 to 1839.
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Angola
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-central coast of Southern Africa.
Apostolic Canons
The Apostolic Canons, also called Apostolic canons (Latin: Canones apostolorum, "Canons of the Apostles"), Ecclesiastical Canons of the Same Holy Apostles, or Canons of the Holy Apostles, is a 4th-century Syrian Christian text.
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Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America.
Austria
Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps.
Babylon
Babylon was an ancient city located on the lower Euphrates river in southern Mesopotamia, within modern-day Hillah, Iraq, about 85 kilometers (55 miles) south of modern day Baghdad.
Bavaria
Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a state in the southeast of Germany.
Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch
The Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch, abbreviated BGB, is the civil code of Germany, codifying most generally-applicably private law. Civil code and Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch are civil codes.
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Benelux
The Benelux Union (Benelux Unie; Union Benelux; Benelux-Unioun) or Benelux is a politico-economic union and formal international intergovernmental cooperation of three neighbouring states in Western Europe: Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.
Bolivia
Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in western-central South America.
Brazil
Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest and easternmost country in South America and Latin America.
Brazilian Civil Code
The current Brazilian Civil Code (Law 10.406 of January 10, 2002) has been in force since January 11 or 12, 2003, after its one-year vacatio legis. Civil code and Brazilian Civil Code are civil codes.
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Burgerlijk Wetboek
The Burgerlijk Wetboek (or BW) is the Civil Code of the Netherlands. Civil code and Burgerlijk Wetboek are civil codes.
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Byzantine Empire
The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centered in Constantinople during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.
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California Civil Code
The Civil Code of California is a collection of statutes for the State of California. Civil code and California Civil Code are civil codes.
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Canada
Canada is a country in North America.
Canon law
Canon law (from κανών, kanon, a 'straight measuring rod, ruler') is a set of ordinances and regulations made by ecclesiastical authority (church leadership) for the government of a Christian organization or church and its members.
Cape Verde
Cape Verde or Cabo Verde, officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an archipelago and island country of West Africa in the central Atlantic Ocean, consisting of ten volcanic islands with a combined land area of about.
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America.
Chilean Civil Code
The Civil Code of the Republic of Chile (Código Civil de la República de Chile, also referred to as the Code of Bello) is the work of jurist and legislator Andrés Bello. Civil code and Chilean Civil Code are civil codes.
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China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.
Civil Code of Catalonia
The Civil Code of Catalonia (in Catalan: Codi Civil de Catalunya) is the main codified law of civil law in force in Catalonia, adopted in 2002 and organized into six books. Civil code and civil Code of Catalonia are civil codes.
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Civil Code of Lower Canada
The Civil Code of Lower Canada (Code civil du Bas-Canada) was a law that was in effect in Lower Canada on 1 August 1866 and remained in effect in Quebec until repealed and replaced by the Civil Code of Quebec on 1 January 1994. Civil code and civil Code of Lower Canada are civil codes.
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Civil Code of Quebec
The Civil Code of Quebec (CCQ, Code civil du Québec) is the civil code in force in the Canadian province of Quebec, which came into effect on January 1, 1994. Civil code and civil Code of Quebec are civil codes.
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Civil Code of Romania
The Civil Code of Romania (Codul civil al României, commonly referred to as Noul Cod Civil – the New Civil Code, officially Law no. 287/2009 on the Civil Code) is the basic source of civil law in Romania. Civil code and civil Code of Romania are civil codes.
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Civil Code of Russia
The Civil Code of the Russian Federation (Гражданский кодекс Российской Федерации, frequently abbreviated 'ГК РФ') is the prime source of civil law for the Russian Federation. Civil code and civil Code of Russia are civil codes.
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Civil Code of Spain
The Civil Code of Spain (Código Civil), formally the Royal Decree of 24 July 1889 (Real Decreto de 24 de julio de 1889) is the law that regulates the major aspects of Spanish civil law. Civil code and civil Code of Spain are civil codes.
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Civil Code of the People's Republic of China
The Civil Code of the People's Republic of China (p), or in short Minfadian (p) is the first complete civil code in the People's Republic of China. Civil code and civil Code of the People's Republic of China are civil codes.
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Civil Code of the Philippines
The Civil Code of the Philippines is the product of the codification of private law in the Philippines. Civil code and Civil Code of the Philippines are civil codes.
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Civil Code of the Republic of Korea
The Civil Code of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) was passed in 1958 as Law No. Civil code and Civil Code of the Republic of Korea are civil codes.
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Civil Code of Ukraine
The Civil Code of Ukraine (Цивільний кодекс України, Tsyvilnyi Kodeks Ukrayiny) is a single normative legal act; Law of Ukraine, which is the main act of regulation of private law relations in Ukraine. Civil code and Civil Code of Ukraine are civil codes.
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Civil law (common law)
Civil law is a major "branch of the law", for example in common law legal systems such as those in England and Wales and in the United States, where it stands in contrast to criminal law.
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Civil law (legal system)
Civil law is a legal system originating in Italy and France that has been adopted in large parts of the world.
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Civil procedure
Civil procedure is the body of law that sets out the rules and regulations along with some standards that courts follow when adjudicating civil lawsuits (as opposed to procedures in criminal law matters).
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Code of Hammurabi
The Code of Hammurabi is a Babylonian legal text composed during 1755–1750 BC.
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Code of Ur-Nammu
The Code of Ur-Nammu is the oldest known law code surviving today.
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Codex Holmiensis
Codex Holmiensis C 37 contains the oldest manuscript of the Danish Code of Jutland (Jyske Lov), a civil code enacted under Valdemar II of Denmark.
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Codex Maximilianeus bavaricus civilis
The Codex Maximilianeus bavaricus civilis was a civil code enacted in the Electorate of Bavaria in 1756. Civil code and codex Maximilianeus bavaricus civilis are civil codes.
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Codification (law)
In law, codification is the process of collecting and restating the law of a jurisdiction in certain areas, usually by subject, forming a legal code, i.e. a codex (book) of law.
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Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with insular regions in North America.
Colony
A colony is a territory subject to a form of foreign rule.
Commercial code (law)
In law, a commercial code is a codification of private law relating to merchants, trade, business entities (especially companies), commercial contracts and other matters such as negotiable instruments. Civil code and commercial code (law) are civil law (legal system).
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Commercial law
Commercial law (or business law), which is also known by other names such as mercantile law or trade law depending on jurisdiction; is the body of law that applies to the rights, relations, and conduct of persons and organizations engaged in commercial and business activities.
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Common law
Common law (also known as judicial precedent, judge-made law, or case law) is the body of law created by judges and similar quasi-judicial tribunals by virtue of being stated in written opinions.
Comparative law
Comparative law is the study of differences and similarities between the law (legal systems) of different countries.
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Constitution of India
The Constitution of India is the supreme law of India.
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Continental Europe
Continental Europe or mainland Europe is the contiguous mainland of Europe, excluding its surrounding islands.
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Contract
A contract is an agreement that specifies certain legally enforceable rights and obligations pertaining to two or more parties.
Corporate law
Corporate law (also known as company law or enterprise law) is the body of law governing the rights, relations, and conduct of persons, companies, organizations and businesses.
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Corpus Juris Civilis
The Corpus Juris (or Iuris) Civilis ("Body of Civil Law") is the modern name for a collection of fundamental works in jurisprudence, enacted from 529 to 534 by order of Byzantine Emperor Justinian I. It is also sometimes referred to metonymically after one of its parts, the Code of Justinian.
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Costa Rica
Costa Rica (literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in the Central American region of North America.
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.
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Criminal code
A criminal code or penal code is a document that compiles all, or a significant amount of, a particular jurisdiction's criminal law.
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Cuba
Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba, Isla de la Juventud, archipelagos, 4,195 islands and cays surrounding the main island.
Cuban civil code
Law 59 or the Cuban civil code is the legal body that regulates the main norms in legal matters such as Real Rights, Law of obligations, Contract law and inheritance law, in addition to the legal capacity of persons, natural and law, and some rules of Private International Law in the Republic of Cuba. Civil code and Cuban civil code are civil codes.
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Custom of Paris in New France
The Custom of Paris (Coutume de Paris) was one of France's regional custumals of civil law.
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Dadra and Nagar Haveli
Dadra and Nagar Haveli is a district of the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu in western India.
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Dalmacio Vélez Sarsfield
Dalmacio Vélez Sarsfield (February 18, 1800 – June 30, 1875) was an Argentine lawyer and politician who wrote the Civil Code of Argentina of 1869, which remained in force until 2015, when it was replaced by the new Código Civil y Comercial de la Nación.
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Daman and Diu
Daman and Diu was a union territory in northwestern India.
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Digest (Roman law)
The Digest (Digesta), also known as the Pandects (Pandectae; Πανδέκται, Pandéktai, "All-Containing"), was a compendium or digest of juristic writings on Roman law compiled by order of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I in 530–533 AD.
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Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a North American country on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north.
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East Timor
East Timor, also known as Timor-Leste, officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is a country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the exclave of Oecusse on the island's north-western half, and the minor islands of Atauro and Jaco. The western half of the island of Timor is administered by Indonesia.
Ecuador
Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west.
Egyptian Civil Code
The Egyptian Civil Code is the primary source of civil law for Egypt. Civil code and Egyptian Civil Code are civil codes.
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El Salvador
El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador, is a country in Central America.
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Family law
Family law (also called matrimonial law or the law of domestic relations) is an area of the law that deals with family matters and domestic relations.
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.
Frederick the Great
Frederick II (Friedrich II.; 24 January 171217 August 1786) was the monarch of Prussia from 1740 until 1786.
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French Revolution
The French Revolution was a period of political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789, and ended with the coup of 18 Brumaire in November 1799 and the formation of the French Consulate.
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Gaius (jurist)
Gaius (fl. AD 130–180) was a Roman jurist.
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Galicia (Eastern Europe)
Galicia (. Collins English Dictionary Galicja,; translit,; Galitsye) is a historical and geographic region spanning what is now southeastern Poland and western Ukraine, long part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
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General Principles of the Civil Law of the People's Republic of China
The General Principles of the Civil Law of the People's Republic of China is a law in the PRC that was promulgated on April 12, 1986 and came into force on January 1, 1987.
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General State Laws for the Prussian States
The General State Laws for the Prussian States (Allgemeines Landrecht für die Preußischen Staaten, ALR) were an important code of Prussia, promulgated in 1792 and codified by Carl Gottlieb Svarez and Ernst Ferdinand Klein, under the orders of Frederick II. Civil code and General State Laws for the Prussian States are civil codes.
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Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.
GlobaLex
GlobaLex is an online publication of the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law providing research tools for comparative law, international law, and the laws of various jurisdictions around the world.
Goa
Goa is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats.
Goa Civil Code
The Goa Civil Code, also called the Goa Family Law, is the set of civil laws that governs the residents of the Indian state of Goa. Civil code and goa Civil Code are civil codes.
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Greece
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe.
Guatemala
Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America.
Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau (Guiné-Bissau; script; Mandinka: ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫ ߓߌߛߊߥߏ߫ Gine-Bisawo), officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau (República da Guiné-Bissau), is a country in West Africa that covers with an estimated population of 2,026,778.
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Haiti
Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of The Bahamas.
Halakha
Halakha (translit), also transliterated as halacha, halakhah, and halocho, is the collective body of Jewish religious laws that are derived from the Written and Oral Torah.
Hindu law
Hindu law, as a historical term, refers to the code of laws applied to Hindus, Buddhists, Jains and Sikhs in British India.
Holy Roman Empire
The Holy Roman Empire, also known as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation after 1512, was a polity in Central and Western Europe, usually headed by the Holy Roman Emperor.
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Honduras
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America.
India
India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans.
Inheritance
Inheritance is the practice of receiving private property, titles, debts, entitlements, privileges, rights, and obligations upon the death of an individual.
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Italian Civil Code
The Italian Civil Code (Codice civile) is the civil code of Italy, a collection of norms regulating private law. Civil code and Italian Civil Code are civil codes.
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Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.
Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.
Jovan Hadžić
Jovan Hadžić (Јован Хаџић, pseudonym Miloš Svetić; 8 September 1799 – 28 April 1869) was a Serbian writer, legislator and initiator, that is, the principal co-founder of the Serbian cultural society Matica Srpska.
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Justinian I
Justinian I (Iūstīniānus,; Ioustinianós,; 48214 November 565), also known as Justinian the Great, was the Eastern Roman emperor from 527 to 565.
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Korea
Korea (translit in South Korea, or label in North Korea) is a peninsular region in East Asia consisting of the Korean Peninsula (label in South Korea, or label in North Korea), Jeju Island, and smaller islands.
Latin America
Latin America often refers to the regions in the Americas in which Romance languages are the main languages and the culture and Empires of its peoples have had significant historical, ethnic, linguistic, and cultural impact.
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Law of Armenia
Armenian law (Հայ իրավունք), that being the modern Legal system of Armenia (Հայաստանի իրավական համակարգ), is a system of law acted in Armenia.
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Law of Japan
The law of Japan refers to the legal system in Japan, which is primarily based on legal codes and statutes, with precedents also playing an important role.
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Law of obligations
The law of obligations is one branch of private law under the civil law legal system and so-called "mixed" legal systems. Civil code and law of obligations are civil law (legal system).
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Law of Puerto Rico
The legal system of Puerto Rico is a mix of the civil law and the common law systems.
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Legal origins theory
The legal origins theory claims that the two main legal traditions or origins, civil law and common law, crucially shape lawmaking and dispute adjudication and have not been reformed after the initial exogenous transplantation by Europeans.
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Legal system of Macau
Macau law is broadly based on Portuguese law, and therefore part of the civil law tradition of continental European legal systems.
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Legal transplant
The term legal transplant was coined in the 1970s by the Scottish legal scholar W.A.J. 'Alan' Watson to indicate the moving of a rule or a system of law from one country to another (A. Watson, Legal Transplants: An Approach to Comparative Law, Edinburgh, 1974).
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Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein, officially the Principality of Liechtenstein (Fürstentum Liechtenstein), is a doubly landlocked German-speaking microstate in the Central European Alps, between Austria in the east and north and Switzerland in the west and south.
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List of states of Mexico
The states are the first-level administrative divisions of Mexico, which is officially named the United Mexican States.
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Louisiana
Louisiana (Louisiane; Luisiana; Lwizyàn) is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States.
Louisiana Civil Code
The Louisiana Civil Code (LCC) constitutes the core of private law in the State of Louisiana. Civil code and Louisiana Civil Code are civil codes.
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Lower Canada
The Province of Lower Canada (province du Bas-Canada) was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence (1791–1841).
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Macau
Macau or Macao is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China.
Manusmriti
The Manusmṛti (मनुस्मृति), also known as the Mānava-Dharmaśāstra or the Laws of Manu, is one of the many legal texts and constitutions among the many of Hinduism.
Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia is a historical region of West Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the Fertile Crescent.
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Mishnah
The Mishnah or the Mishna (מִשְׁנָה, "study by repetition", from the verb shanah, or "to study and review", also "secondary") is the first major written collection of the Jewish oral traditions that are known as the Oral Torah.
Mozambique
Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique, is a country located in southeast Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west, and Eswatini and South Africa to the southwest.
Napoleonic Code
The Napoleonic Code, officially the Civil Code of the French (simply referred to as Code civil), is the French civil code established during the French Consulate in 1804 and still in force in France, although heavily and frequently amended since its inception. Civil code and Napoleonic Code are civil codes.
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Napoleonic Wars
The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of conflicts fought between the First French Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte (1804–1815) and a fluctuating array of European coalitions.
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National Assembly of People's Power
The National Assembly of People's Power (Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular) is the supreme organ of power of the Republic of Cuba.
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New Brunswick
New Brunswick (Nouveau-Brunswick) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.
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Nicaragua
Nicaragua, officially the Republic of Nicaragua, is the geographically largest country in Central America, comprising.
Oaxaca
Oaxaca (also,, from Huāxyacac), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca (Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca), is one of the 32 states that compose the Federative Entities of the United Mexican States.
Panama
Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, bordering South America.
Paraguay
Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay (República del Paraguay; Paraguái Tavakuairetã), is a landlocked country in South America.
Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon River.
Philippines
The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia.
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Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe, whose territory also includes the Macaronesian archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira.
Portuguese Civil Code
The current Portuguese Civil Code (Código Civil) was approved on 26 November 1966 and entered into force on 1 June 1967. Civil code and Portuguese Civil Code are civil codes.
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Portuguese India
The State of India (Estado da Índia), also referred as the Portuguese State of India (Estado Português da India, EPI) or simply Portuguese India (Índia Portuguesa), was a state of the Portuguese Empire founded six years after the discovery of a sea route to the Indian subcontinent by Vasco da Gama, a subject of the Kingdom of Portugal.
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Portuguese Timor
Portuguese Timor (Timor Português) was a colonial possession of Portugal that existed between 1702 and 1975.
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Private law
Private law is that part of a civil law legal system which is part of the that involves relationships between individuals, such as the law of contracts and torts (as it is called in the common law), and the law of obligations (as it is called in civil legal systems). Civil code and Private law are civil law (legal system).
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Property
Property is a system of rights that gives people legal control of valuable things, and also refers to the valuable things themselves.
Property law
Property law is the area of law that governs the various forms of ownership in real property (land) and personal property.
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Provinces and territories of Canada
Canada has ten provinces and three territories that are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Constitution.
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Prussia
Prussia (Preußen; Old Prussian: Prūsa or Prūsija) was a German state located on most of the North European Plain, also occupying southern and eastern regions.
Quebec
QuebecAccording to the Canadian government, Québec (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and Quebec (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.
Rationality
Rationality is the quality of being guided by or based on reason.
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Religious law
Religious law includes ethical and moral codes taught by religious traditions.
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Roman Empire
The Roman Empire was the state ruled by the Romans following Octavian's assumption of sole rule under the Principate in 27 BC, the post-Republican state of ancient Rome.
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Roman law
Roman law is the legal system of ancient Rome, including the legal developments spanning over a thousand years of jurisprudence, from the Twelve Tables, to the (AD 529) ordered by Eastern Roman emperor Justinian I. Roman law forms the basic framework for civil law, the most widely used legal system today, and the terms are sometimes used synonymously.
Saxony
Saxony, officially the Free State of Saxony, is a landlocked state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, as well as the countries of Poland and the Czech Republic.
São Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé and Príncipe, officially the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe, is an island country in the Gulf of Guinea, the western equatorial coast of Central Africa.
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Scandinavia
Scandinavia is a subregion of Northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural, and linguistic ties between its constituent peoples.
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Serbia
Serbia, officially the Republic of Serbia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Southeast and Central Europe, located in the Balkans and the Pannonian Plain.
Serbian civil code
The Serbian Civil Code (SCC for short) was the first and only complete Civil Code in Serbia.
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Sharia
Sharia (sharīʿah) is a body of religious law that forms a part of the Islamic tradition based on scriptures of Islam, particularly the Quran and hadith.
Siete Partidas
The Siete Partidas ("Seven-Part Code") or simply Partidas, was a Castilian statutory code first compiled during the reign of Alfonso X of Castile (1252–1284), with the intent of establishing a uniform body of normative rules for the kingdom.
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South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia.
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Spain
Spain, formally the Kingdom of Spain, is a country located in Southwestern Europe, with parts of its territory in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and Africa.
Swiss Civil Code
The Swiss Civil Code (SR/RS 210, Schweizerisches Zivilgesetzbuch (ZGB); Code civil suisse (CC); Codice civile svizzero (CC); Cudesch civil svizzer) is a portion of the second part (SR/RS 2) of the internal Swiss law ("Private law - Administration of civil justice - Enforcement") that regulates the codified law ruling in Switzerland and relationship between individuals. Civil code and Swiss Civil Code are civil codes.
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Switzerland
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe.
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Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia.
Teixeira de Freitas
Teixeira de Freitas is a city in the extreme south of the Brazilian state of Bahia, on the margins of BR-101 highway.
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Thailand
Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Indochinese Peninsula.
Tort
A tort is a civil wrong that causes a claimant to suffer loss or harm, resulting in legal liability for the person who commits the tortious act.
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly in Anatolia in West Asia, with a smaller part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe.
Turkish civil code (1926)
Turkish civil code (Türk Medeni Kanunu) is one of the earliest laws in the history of Turkey within the scope of Turkish reforms. Civil code and Turkish civil code (1926) are civil codes.
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Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe.
Uniform Civil Code
The Uniform Civil Code is a proposal in India to formulate and implement personal laws of citizens which apply on all citizens equally regardless of their religion. Civil code and Uniform Civil Code are civil codes.
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United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
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Uruguay
Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay (República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America.
Venezuela
Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea.
West Galician Code
The West Galician code (also The civil code of Western Galicia, Westgalizisches Gesetzbuch, rarely — Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch von Westgalizien) was a civil code created in the 18th century. Civil code and West Galician Code are civil codes.
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2017 National People's Congress
The 2017 National People's Congress, or the Fifth Plenary Session of the 12th National People's Congress, was held in March 2017 at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China.
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2020 National People's Congress
The 2020 National People's Congress was the Third Plenary Session of the 13th National People's Congress.
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See also
Civil codes
- Allgemeines Deutsches Handelsgesetzbuch
- Allgemeines bürgerliches Gesetzbuch
- Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch
- Brazilian Civil Code
- Burgerlijk Wetboek
- California Civil Code
- Chilean Civil Code
- Civil Code of 1734
- Civil Code of Catalonia
- Civil Code of Lithuania
- Civil Code of Lower Canada
- Civil Code of Paraguay
- Civil Code of Quebec
- Civil Code of Romania
- Civil Code of Russia
- Civil Code of Spain
- Civil Code of Ukraine
- Civil Code of the People's Republic of China
- Civil Code of the Philippines
- Civil Code of the Republic of Korea
- Civil code
- Civil code of Argentina
- Codex Maximilianeus bavaricus civilis
- Cuban civil code
- Digest of Laws of the Russian Empire
- Diritto Municipale
- Draconian constitution
- Egyptian Civil Code
- European civil code
- General State Laws for the Prussian States
- Goa Civil Code
- Handelsgesetzbuch
- Italian Civil Code
- Louisiana Civil Code
- Mecelle
- Napoleonic Code
- Portuguese Civil Code
- Swiss Civil Code
- Swiss Code of Obligations
- Turkish civil code (1926)
- Uniform Civil Code
- Uniform Civil Code of Uttarakhand Act, 2024
- Uruguayan Civil Code
- West Galician Code
Civil law (legal system)
- Abuse of rights
- Accession (Scots law)
- Butts and bounds
- Civil Law Initiative
- Civil code
- Civil codes
- Civil law (legal system)
- Civil law legal systems
- Code of law
- Commercial code (law)
- Court of cassation
- Decennial liability
- Derogation
- Emphyteusis
- Factual association
- Family patrimony
- Fraud on the market
- Hypothec
- Jurisprudence constante
- Laesio enormis
- Law of Louisiana
- Law of obligations
- Lay judge
- Legal transaction
- Legitime
- Licenses
- Louisiana Code of Evidence
- Matrimonial regime
- Mudawana
- New French Civil Procedure Code
- Patrimony of affectation
- Perpetual usufruct
- Private law
- Public liability
- Servitude in civil law
- Successor liability
- Synallagmatic contract
- Trust law in civil law jurisdictions
- Usucaption
- Usufruct
References
Also known as Civil Codes, Codes of law, قانون مدنی.