Roman law

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civil law tradition historical legal system legal system

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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All labels observed (13)

Label	Occurrences
Roman law canonical	119
Roman law tradition	6
Byzantine law	2
Roman civil law	2
Roman law traditions	2
Roman family law	1
Roman law (in form and procedure)	1
Roman law (revived)	1
Roman law heritage	1
Roman property law	1
Römisches Staatsrecht	1
Römisches Strafrecht	1
Twelve Tables	1

Statements (50)

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

Referenced by (139)

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Roman-Dutch law → hasOrigin → Roman law ⓘ

Roman Empire → legalSystem → Roman law ⓘ

Roman law → hasPart → Roman law self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman property law

Roman law → hasPart → Roman law self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman family law

Roman law → earliestCodification → Roman law self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Twelve Tables

Corpus Juris Civilis → legalSystem → Roman law ⓘ

Roman Republic → legalSystem → Roman law ⓘ

Roman roads → regulatedBy → Roman law ⓘ

Edict of Milan → category → Roman law ⓘ

Latin → usedIn → Roman law ⓘ

Napoleonic Code → influencedBy → Roman law ⓘ

Roman Antiquity → legalSystem → Roman law ⓘ

Montesquieu → influencedBy → Roman law ⓘ

Western Roman Empire → legalSystem → Roman law ⓘ

Byzantine Empire → legalSystem → Roman law ⓘ

Italic peoples → cultureInfluenced → Roman law ⓘ

Johannes Voet → fieldOfWork → Roman law ⓘ

Johannes Voet → influencedBy → Roman law ⓘ

Arnold Vinnius → fieldOfWork → Roman law ⓘ

Arnold Vinnius → influencedBy → Roman law ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman law tradition

Trial of Jesus → legalSystem → Roman law ⓘ

Latin West → legalTradition → Roman law ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman law (revived)

Theodor Mommsen → fieldOfWork → Roman law ⓘ

Theodor Mommsen → notableWork → Roman law ⓘ

this entity surface form: Römisches Staatsrecht

Theodor Mommsen → notableWork → Roman law ⓘ

this entity surface form: Römisches Strafrecht

Digest → legalSystem → Roman law ⓘ

this entity surface form: Byzantine law

Institutes → legalSystem → Roman law ⓘ

German Civil Code → influencedBy → Roman law ⓘ

Codex Justinianus → legalSystem → Roman law ⓘ

Novellae Constitutiones → legalSystem → Roman law ⓘ

this entity surface form: Byzantine law

Dorotheus → legalTradition → Roman law ⓘ

Theodosian Code → legalSystem → Roman law ⓘ

Theophilus → fieldOfWork → Roman law ⓘ

Diocletian's price edict → studiedIn → Roman law ⓘ

Louisiana Civil Code → influencedBy → Roman law ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman law tradition

Roman religion → associatedWith → Roman law ⓘ

De iure belli ac pacis → influencedBy → Roman law ⓘ

De jure praedae → influencedBy → Roman law ⓘ

Western civilization → hasLegalTradition → Roman law ⓘ

Romans → knownFor → Roman law ⓘ

Romans → developed → Roman law ⓘ

Richard Saller → hasWrittenOn → Roman law ⓘ

Siete Partidas → influencedBy → Roman law ⓘ

Benedikt Carpzov the Younger → influencedBy → Roman law ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman law tradition

Francesco De Martino → academicDiscipline → Roman law ⓘ

Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus → governed by → Roman law ⓘ

ancient Italy → culturalInfluenceOn → Roman law ⓘ

Kingdom of Odoacer → legalSystem → Roman law ⓘ

Rooms-Hollands-Regt → mainSubject → Roman law ⓘ