civil law tradition

The civil law tradition is a legal system rooted in comprehensive written codes and statutes, derived primarily from Roman law, in which judges apply and interpret codified rules rather than relying heavily on judicial precedent.

Aliases (7)

• French law ×3
• Roman law codification ×2
• civil law ×2
• Byzantine legal text ×1
• Turkish law ×1
• civil law system ×1
• historical legal system ×1

Instances (13)

• Scots civil law ("civil law")
• Vatican civil law ("civil law")
• French law on the Separation of the Churches and the State of 1905 ("French law")
• Organic Articles of 1802 ("French law")
• Body of Civil Law ("Roman law codification")
• Roman law ("historical legal system")
• Corpus Juris Civilis ("Roman law codification")
• Surname Law of 1934 ("Turkish law")
• Spanish law ("civil law system")
• Napoleonic Code ("French law")
• Roman-Dutch law