Germanic customary law

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customary law historical legal system legal tradition

Germanic customary law is the body of traditional, unwritten legal norms and practices that governed early Germanic societies and later shaped the development of medieval and modern European legal systems.

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German customary law 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf customary law ⓘ
historical legal system ⓘ
legal tradition ⓘ
appliedIn early Germanic societies ⓘ
medieval Europe ⓘ
characteristic case-based reasoning ⓘ
oral transmission ⓘ
pluralism of laws ⓘ
status-based legal distinctions ⓘ
codifiedIn Anglo-Saxon law codes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Edictum Rothari NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lex Burgundionum NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lex Ribuaria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lex Salica NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lex Visigothorum NERFINISHED ⓘ
barbarian law codes ⓘ
coexistedWith Roman law NERFINISHED ⓘ
canon law ⓘ
corePrinciple collective responsibility ⓘ
feud and compensation ⓘ
kinship solidarity ⓘ
oath-taking ⓘ
ordeal as proof ⓘ
personal honor ⓘ
public assemblies ⓘ
enforcedBy chieftains ⓘ
kin groups ⓘ
kings ⓘ
local assemblies ⓘ
geographicScope British Isles NERFINISHED ⓘ
Central Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
Northern Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
graduallyIntegratedInto emerging national legal systems ⓘ
territorial princely law ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Germanic folk law ⓘ
Germanic tribal law ⓘ
influenced Anglo-Saxon law ⓘ
Burgundian law NERFINISHED ⓘ
Frankish law ⓘ
Lombard law NERFINISHED ⓘ
Salian law NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saxon law ⓘ
Swabian law ⓘ
Visigothic law NERFINISHED ⓘ
common law tradition ⓘ
early Scandinavian law ⓘ
feudal law ⓘ
medieval European legal systems ⓘ
modern European legal systems ⓘ
influencedBy Indo-European legal traditions ⓘ
clan-based social organization ⓘ
warrior culture ⓘ
legalForm customs and usages ⓘ
unwritten norms ⓘ
practicedAt folk-moots ⓘ
thing assemblies ⓘ
regulated blood feuds ⓘ
inheritance ⓘ
marriage ⓘ
property rights ⓘ
relations between kin groups ⓘ
status of freemen and slaves ⓘ
war and peace agreements ⓘ
wergild (man-price) ⓘ
timePeriod Early Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Late Antiquity ⓘ

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Norwegian law → influencedBy → Germanic customary law ⓘ
Imperial Constitution → basedOn → Germanic customary law ⓘ
this entity surface form: German customary law