Roman law
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Roman law is the ancient legal system of the Roman Empire that profoundly influenced the development of civil law traditions and many modern legal systems worldwide.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
civil law tradition
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historical legal system → legal system → |
| appliedIn |
Roman Empire
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Roman Republic → |
| codifiedBy |
Justinian I
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| codifiedIn |
Corpus Juris Civilis
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| countryOfOrigin |
Ancient Rome
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| developedFrom |
Roman customary practices
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edicts of the praetors → imperial constitutions → senatus consulta → statutes of the Roman assemblies → |
| earliestCodification |
Twelve Tables
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| follows |
civil law tradition
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| hasPart |
Roman contract law
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Roman criminal law → Roman family law → Roman inheritance law → Roman procedural law → Roman property law → customary law → imperial legislation → ius civile → ius gentium → ius naturale → praetorian law → |
| influenced |
Latin American legal systems
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canon law → civil law → continental legal systems → international law doctrines → modern European legal systems → |
| influencedBy |
Greek legal ideas
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Hellenistic legal practice → |
| keyConcept |
contract
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delict → legal personality → manumission → obligations → ownership → patria potestas → possession → servitudes → succession → |
| language |
Latin
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| revivalCenter |
University of Bologna
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| revivedIn |
medieval universities
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| studiedIn |
faculties of law
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| TwelveTablesPromulgatedIn |
449 BC
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