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This dimension groups jurists by nationality or the jurisdiction whose law they practiced. Wikipedia defines nationality as "the legal status of belonging to a particular nation." Browsing this way collects every jurist from a single country or jurisdiction.

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Defining Characteristic

Civil 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. 1

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American

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Argentina

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Armenian

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Austrian

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Bahraini

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Belgian

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Belgium

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Brazil

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Brazilian

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British

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Byzantine

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Chile (Venezuelan-born)

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Chilean

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Chinese

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Colombia

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Costa Rican

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Danish

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Dutch

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Eastern Roman

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Egypt

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Filipino

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France

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French

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German

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Germany

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Greek

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Hungarian

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Indonesian

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Iranian

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Iraqi

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Italian

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Italian (Bologna)

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Italy

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Japan

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Japanese

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Jordanian

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Lebanese

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Maldivian

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Mauritanian

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Mexico

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Norway

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Ottoman

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Ottoman Empire

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Panamanian

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Polish

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Portuguese

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Romanian

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Russian

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Slovak

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South African

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South Korean

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Soviet

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Spanish

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Swedish

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Swiss

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Switzerland

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Sources

1. Civil law (legal system) (Wikipedia)

WikipediaIntroduction

Quote, Introduction

Civil 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).

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