Roman-Dutch law

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civil law tradition mixed legal system

Roman-Dutch law is a hybrid legal system that combines principles of Roman law with Dutch customary law and has historically influenced the private law of several countries, especially in Southern Africa and Sri Lanka.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Roman-Dutch legal tradition 3
Dutch colonial law 1
Dutch customary law 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civil law tradition ⓘ
mixed legal system ⓘ
appliedIn Botswana ⓘ
Eswatini ⓘ
British Guiana ⓘ
surface form: Guyana

Dutch East Indies ⓘ
surface form: Indonesia (historically)

Lesotho ⓘ
Namibia ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
Dominion of Ceylon ⓘ
surface form: Sri Lanka

Suriname ⓘ
basedOn Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ
medieval Roman law scholarship ⓘ
codifiedAs Burgerlijk Wetboek (partly, in the Netherlands) ⓘ
combinedWith English common law (in South Africa) ⓘ
English common law (in Sri Lanka) ⓘ
componentOf Namibian common law ⓘ
South African common law ⓘ
Sri Lankan common law ⓘ
declinedDuring 19th century ⓘ
declinedIn Netherlands ⓘ
developedDuring 16th century ⓘ
17th century ⓘ
developedIn Dutch Republic ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
fieldIncludes family law ⓘ
law of contract ⓘ
law of delict ⓘ
property law ⓘ
succession law ⓘ
hasOrigin Dutch customary law ⓘ
Roman law ⓘ
influenced Botswanan private law ⓘ
Eswatini private law ⓘ
Lesotho private law ⓘ
Namibian private law ⓘ
Scots law (to a limited extent) ⓘ
South African private law ⓘ
Sri Lankan private law ⓘ
influencedBy canon law ⓘ
humanist jurisprudence ⓘ
languageOfSources Dutch ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
legalFamily civil law ⓘ
mainlyCovers private law ⓘ
notableJurist Arnold Vinnius ⓘ
Hugo Grotius ⓘ
Johannes Voet ⓘ
Simon van Leeuwen ⓘ
retainedIn South African legal system ⓘ
Sri Lankan legal system ⓘ

Referenced by (30)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arnold Vinnius → areaOfInfluence → Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman-Dutch jurisdictions
Arnold Vinnius → fieldOfWork → Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
Johannes Voet → fieldOfWork → Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
Voet → fieldOfWork → Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
subject surface form: Johannes Voet
Simon van Leeuwen → fieldOfWork → Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
Arnold Vinnius → influenced → Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
Commentarius ad Pandectas → influenced → Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
Johannes Voet → influenced → Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
Voet → influenced → Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
subject surface form: Johannes Voet
this entity surface form: Roman-Dutch legal tradition
subject surface form: Burgerlijk Wetboek
Rooms-Hollands-Regt → influencedBy → Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dutch customary law
Dutch Republic → legalSystem → Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
Dutch colonial government → legalSystem → Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dutch colonial law
Johannes Voet → legalSystem → Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
Lordship of Friesland → legalSystem → Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
Namibia → legalSystem → Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
Natalia Republic → legalSystem → Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
Orange Free State → legalSystem → Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
Rooms-Hollands-Regt → legalSystem → Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
Winburg, Orange Free State → legalSystem → Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
South Africa → legalSystemComponents → Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
Simon van Leeuwen → legalSystemInfluenced → Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
Simon van Leeuwen → legalSystemInfluenced → Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
this entity surface form: South African law
Censura Forensis → legalTradition → Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
Censura Forensis → mainSubject → Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
Arnold Vinnius → movement → Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman-Dutch legal tradition
Johannes Voet → movement → Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman-Dutch legal tradition
Dutch settlers → usedLegalSystem → Roman-Dutch law ⓘ