This dimension names the broader legal tradition that a specific legal system descends from. Wikipedia notes that modern scholarship has moved toward "an understanding of legal systems as drawing from multiple legal traditions or patterns" rather than fixed categories. Browsing this way traces a legal system back to the parent tradition it grew out of.
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Primary Source of Law Landmark Formation Year Parent Legal System
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1. Civil law (legal system) (Wikipedia)
WikipediaCivil law (legal system), lead section
civil law systems are characterized by their reliance on legal codes that function as the primary source of law.
Civil law (legal system), lead section, primary source sentence
civil law systems are characterized by their reliance on legal codes that function as the primary source of law.
Civil law (legal system), lead section, codification dates sentence
France's Napoleonic Code (1804) and Germany's Burgerliches Gesetzbuch (1900)
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