European legal traditions

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European legal traditions encompass the diverse but interrelated systems of law that developed across Europe, notably including civil law rooted in Roman law and common law originating in England, which have profoundly shaped modern legal codes worldwide.

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European legal traditions canonical 1
Ius commune 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legal system family
legal tradition
characterizedBy adversarial procedure in common law
codification in civil law countries
contract freedom (within limits)
distinction between public law and private law
human rights protection
inquisitorial procedure in civil law
judicial independence
precedent in common law countries
protection of private property
rule of law principle
separation of powers
continent Europe
developedFrom Roman law of the Corpus Juris Civilis NERFINISHED
city statutes
feudal customs
local customary laws
medieval ius commune
royal ordinances
hasInstitutionalFramework Court of Justice of the European Union NERFINISHED
European Court of Human Rights NERFINISHED
administrative courts
constitutional courts
supreme courts
hasMajorFamily Nordic legal tradition
civil law tradition
common law tradition
mixed legal systems
hasSourceOfLaw European Union law NERFINISHED
custom
doctrine (legal scholarship)
international treaties
judicial decisions
legislation
historicalPeriod early modern Europe
medieval Europe
modern Europe
includes Nordic legal systems
canon law
civil law
common law
socialist law (historical)
influenced African legal systems
Asian mixed legal systems
Latin American legal systems
global human rights law
international criminal law
public international law
influencedBy Christian theology
Enlightenment philosophy
Germanic customary law
Greek philosophy NERFINISHED
Roman Catholic Church NERFINISHED
Roman law NERFINISHED
canon law
feudal law
natural law theory
relatedConcept civil law (legal system)
common law (legal system)
comparative law
legal transplants
mixed jurisdiction

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Japanese Civil Code influencedBy European legal traditions
Primera Partida legalTradition European legal traditions
this entity surface form: Ius commune