Hồng Đức legal code

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The Hồng Đức legal code was a comprehensive 15th-century Vietnamese law code under the Lê dynasty that systematized governance, social order, and Confucian moral principles.

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instanceOf Vietnamese legal code
historical document
legal code
aimsTo promote Confucian ethics
standardize legal practice
strengthen central authority
century 15th century
considered one of the most important premodern Vietnamese law codes
containsProvisionsOn inheritance
land registration
marriage and divorce
penal sanctions
village administration
women’s property rights
country Viet Nam
surface form: Vietnam

Đại Việt NERFINISHED
dynasty Lê dynasty NERFINISHED
emphasizes communal responsibility
filial piety
hierarchical social order
loyalty to the monarch
protection of royal authority
hasImpactOn Vietnamese social norms
Vietnamese statecraft
later Vietnamese legal codes
historicalPeriod Lê sơ period NERFINISHED
influencedBy Chinese legal codes
Confucianism NERFINISHED
inForceIn 15th century Đại Việt
16th century Đại Việt
language classical Chinese
legalSystem Confucian law
legalTradition Sinosphere legal tradition
namedAfter Hồng Đức era name of Lê Thánh Tông
purpose codify Confucian moral principles
regulate social order
systematize governance
region East Asia
reign Lê Thánh Tông NERFINISHED
subject administrative law
bureaucratic regulations
civil law
criminal law
family law
land law
property law
taxation

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Lê Thánh Tông implemented Hồng Đức legal code