Home›Civil Law Scholars and Codifiers›Field of Law›Civil / Private LawBrowse ByCivil / Private LawThis dimension groups jurists by the field of law in which they specialized, such as constitutional law, contract law or criminal law. Wikipedia notes a jurist may work as "a legal scholar, a judge, or a lawyer," each of whom typically focuses their career on one or two specific fields. Browsing this way collects every jurist known for the same field.FactsCivil / Private LawSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonDefining CharacteristicWell-attestedCivil law is a legal system rooted in the Roman Empire and comprehensively codified and disseminated starting in the 19th century, most notably with France's Napoleonic Code. 1Civil / Private LawFilter Results59 entriesRoleAll-British barrister and legal scholar (1)Historian and jurisconsult (1)Juridical expert and social theorist (1)Jurist (8)Jurist and glossator (1)Jurist and philosopher of law (1)Jurist and statesman (1)Jurist and writer (1)Jurist, professor, and politician (1)Lawyer (1)Lawyer and judge (1)Lawyer and notary (1)Lawyer, judge, revolutionary, and legislator (1)Legal expert (1)Legal scholar and historian (1)Moldavian-born Romanian historian, jurist, and journalist (1)Notary (first woman notary in Belgium) (1)Notary and administrator (1)Notary and historian (2)Twelfth-century Italian jurist, born in Bologna (1)Nationality or JurisdictionAllAmerican (1)Argentina (1)Austrian (1)Belgian (1)Belgium (1)Brazil (1)Chile (Venezuelan-born) (1)Chinese (1)Dutch (1)Egypt (1)Filipino (1)France (2)French (5)German (8)Greek (1)Italian (11)Italian (Bologna) (1)Italy (2)Japan (1)Japanese (1)Mexico (1)Romanian (1)Russian (1)Slovak (1)Soviet (1)Spanish (1)Switzerland (1)Legal SystemAllCivil Law (10)French Legal System (10)German Legal System (8)Japanese Law (2)Law of Austria (1)Law of Belgium (1)Law of Brazil (1)Law of Egypt (1)Law of Italy (6)Law of Mexico (1)Law of Romania (1)Law of Slovakia (1)Law of Spain (1)Law of Switzerland (1)Law of the Netherlands (1)Law of the People's Republic of China (1)Law of the Philippines (1)Law of the United States (2)Louisiana Law (1)GenderAllFemale (2)Male (52)Court Served OnAllCouncil of State of Egypt (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 59Abd El-Razzak El-SanhuriCivil / Private LawAccursiusCivil / Private LawAlbericus de RosciateCivil / Private LawAlexandru Papadopol-CalimahCivil / Private LawAndrea AlciatoCivil / Private LawAndreas von TuhrCivil / Private LawAndres BelloCivil / Private LawAnton MengerCivil / Private LawAugusto Teixeira de FreitasCivil / Private LawAzo of BolognaCivil / Private LawBasil MarkesinisCivil / Private LawBernhard WindscheidCivil / Private LawBulgarusCivil / Private LawCharles AubryCivil / Private LawCharles Frédéric RauCivil / Private LawDalmacio Velez SarsfieldCivil / Private LawEduardo Novoa MonrealCivil / Private LawEdward LivingstonCivil / Private LawErnst ZitelmannCivil / Private LawEugen HuberCivil / Private LawFelix-Julien-Jean Bigot de PreameneuCivil / Private LawFlorencio Garcia GoyenaCivil / Private LawFrancesco Ferrara (Jurist)Civil / Private LawFrancois Denis TronchetCivil / Private LawFrancois LaurentCivil / Private LawGabriel Baudry-LacantinerieCivil / Private LawGeorges RipertCivil / Private LawGiovanni CodagnelloCivil / Private LawGustav HugoCivil / Private LawHeinrich DernburgCivil / Private LawHozumi NobushigeCivil / Private LawHugues DoneauCivil / Private LawIrneriusCivil / Private LawJacques CujasCivil / Private LawJean-Étienne-Marie PortalisCivil / Private LawJean-Jacques-Regis de CambaceresCivil / Private LawJohannes VoetCivil / Private LawJulio García EstradaCivil / Private LawKarl Adolph von VangerowCivil / Private LawKarl LarenzCivil / Private LawLouis Moreau-LisletCivil / Private LawLucas de PennaCivil / Private LawLudwig EnneccerusCivil / Private LawLuigi Gaetano MariniCivil / Private LawMarcel PlaniolCivil / Private LawMarco da SalicetoCivil / Private LawMartinus GosiaCivil / Private LawNatividad Almeda-LopezCivil / Private LawOdette De WynterCivil / Private LawOtto von GierkeCivil / Private LawPietro da RipaltaCivil / Private LawPlacentinusCivil / Private LawRaymond SaleillesCivil / Private LawReinhard ZimmermannCivil / Private LawRobert Joseph PothierCivil / Private LawUme KenjiroCivil / Private LawVittorio ScialojaCivil / Private LawVladimír MathernCivil / Private LawZheng YuxiuCivil / Private LawSources1. Civil law (legal system) (Wikipedia)tier 2WikipediaIntroductionQuote, IntroductionCivil law is a legal system rooted in the Roman Empire and was comprehensively codified and disseminated starting in the 19th century, most notably with France's Napoleonic Code (1804) and Germany's Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (1900).View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.