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
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

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Lex Visigothorum legalTradition Roman law
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Segunda Partida influencedBy Roman law
Sexta Partida influencedBy Roman law
Norwegian law influencedBy Roman law
Romanitas associatedWith Roman law
Codex Theodosianus legalSystem Roman law
Peter Garnsey areaOfResearch Roman law
Imperial law influencedBy Roman law
Prussian law influencedBy Roman law
Gaius Caecilius areaOfActivity Roman law
Gallo-Roman influencedBy Roman law
Ripuarian law influencedBy Roman law
Carta de Logu influencedBy Roman law
Andreas Alciatus fieldOfWork Roman law
Jacques Cujas fieldOfWork Roman law
Jacques Cujas taughtSubject Roman law
Rudolf von Jhering fieldOfWork Roman law
Rudolf von Jhering influencedBy Roman law
this entity surface form: Roman law tradition
Friedrich Karl von Savigny influencedBy Roman law
this entity surface form: Roman law tradition
Byzantine institutions basedOn Roman law
Comment. ad Pand. subject Roman law
Byzantine culture influencedBy Roman law
Byzantine culture hasLegalBasis Roman law
Roman Sardinia legalSystem Roman law