Home›Codes›Country or JurisdictionBrowse ByCountry or JurisdictionThis dimension groups legal codes by the country or jurisdiction they govern. Wikipedia notes that codification "is one of the defining features for most civil law jurisdictions," so a code is usually tied tightly to one legal territory. Browsing this way collects every code belonging to the same country or jurisdiction.FactsCountry or JurisdictionConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested2050 BCE 1Country or JurisdictionFilter Results235 entriesAdmission YearAll1850 (1)1979 (1)Area (sq km)All153 (1)439 (1)440 (1)468 (1)607.44 (1)786.8 (1)2235 (1)4033 (1)5765 (1)9251 (1)13,880 (1)22,966 (1)27,834 (1)28,748 (1)30,689 (1)32,113.86 (1)38,395 (1)51,179.92 (1)52,065 (1)56,561 (1)78,871 (1)83,879 (1)86,600 (1)110,860 (1)110,993.6 (1)114,763 (1)127,900 (1)148,460 (1)181,035 (1)207,600 (1)274,223 (1)322,462 (1)423,970 (1)475,442 (1)581,730 (1)622,984 (1)652,864 (1)676,615 (1)698,700 (1)756,102 (1)1,098,581 (1)1,141,748 (1)1,246,700 (1)1,280,000 (1)2,345,409 (1)2,381,741 (1)2,780,085 (1)7,688,287 (1)8,510,346 (1)9,572,900 (1)9,984,670 (1)14,200,000 (1)Country CountAll1 (1)30 (1)Dissolution or End YearAll476 (1)1453 (1)1715 (1)1867 (1)1918 (1)1992 (1)Founding YearAll1837 (1)Founding Year Range EndAll-701 (1)Founding Year Range StartAll-800 (1)Highest Elevation (m)All2228 (1)4892 (1)Independence or Founding YearAll753 BCE (1)395 (1)1230 (1)1804 (1)1810 (1)1816 (1)1818 (1)1821 (1)1822 (1)1825 (1)1830 (1)1867 (2)1902 (1)1907 (1)1908 (1)1912 (1)1918 (1)1919 (1)1949 (1)1953 (1)1960 (8)1962 (2)1966 (2)1971 (2)1973 (1)1975 (3)1981 (2)1984 (1)1991 (3)1993 (2)PopulationAll0 (1)24,216 (1)38,984 (1)90,021 (1)106,365 (1)150,000 (1)281,998 (1)397,483 (1)398,165 (1)458,600 (1)491,233 (1)777,486 (1)944,388 (1)1,382,000 (1)1,588,670 (1)2,335,930 (1)2,359,609 (1)2,746,388 (1)3,866,233 (1)5,044,197 (1)5,513,282 (1)6,423,207 (1)6,900,000 (1)8,124,126 (1)9,109,280 (1)9,219,113 (1)9,434,593 (1)10,353,296 (1)10,915,839 (1)11,365,333 (1)11,867,634 (1)14,151,540 (1)15,170,420 (1)15,700,000 (1)17,000,000 (1)17,638,801 (1)19,629,588 (1)20,031,602 (1)21,200,000 (1)22,489,126 (1)27,801,023 (1)30,987,821 (1)31,500,000 (1)35,000,000 (1)36,604,681 (1)39,355,309 (1)41,417,056 (1)46,735,004 (1)47,400,000 (1)50,000,000 (1)52,695,952 (1)52,800,000 (1)116,452,000 (1)169,828,911 (1)213,421,037 (1)1,407,698,000 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 235AfghanistanCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryAlbaniaCountry or Jurisdiction2 entriesAlgeriaCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryAncient RomeCountry or Jurisdiction8 entriesAndorraCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryAngolaCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryAntarcticaCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryAntigua and BarbudaCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryArgentinaCountry or Jurisdiction3 entriesAustraliaCountry or Jurisdiction2 entriesAustriaCountry or Jurisdiction5 entriesAustria-HungaryCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryAustrian EmpireCountry or Jurisdiction2 entriesAzerbaijanCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryBabylonCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryBahamasCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryBahrainCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryBangladeshCountry or Jurisdiction2 entriesBarbadosCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryBelarusCountry or Jurisdiction2 entriesBelgiumCountry or Jurisdiction3 entriesBelizeCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryBeninCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryBhutanCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryBohemiaCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryBoliviaCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryBotswanaCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryBrazilCountry or Jurisdiction3 entriesBritish Virgin IslandsCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryBruneiCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryBulgariaCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryBurkina FasoCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryBurundiCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryByzantine EmpireCountry or Jurisdiction3 entriesCabo VerdeCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryCaliforniaCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryCambodiaCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryCameroonCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryCanadaCountry or Jurisdiction6 entriesCarthageCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryCataloniaCountry or Jurisdiction2 entriesCentral African RepublicCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryChadCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryChicagoCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryChileCountry or Jurisdiction2 entriesChinaCountry or Jurisdiction8 entriesColombiaCountry or Jurisdiction2 entriesComorosCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryCosta RicaCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryCote d'IvoireCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryCroatiaCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryCrown of CastileCountry or Jurisdiction2 entriesCubaCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryCyprusCountry or Jurisdiction2 entriesCzechiaCountry or Jurisdiction2 entriesCzechoslovakiaCountry or Jurisdiction2 entriesDemocratic Republic of the CongoCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryDenmarkCountry or Jurisdiction5 entriesDjiboutiCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryDominicaCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryDominican RepublicCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryEast GermanyCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryEcuadorCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryEgyptCountry or Jurisdiction5 entriesEl SalvadorCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryEnglandCountry or Jurisdiction2 entriesEquatorial GuineaCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryEritreaCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryEstoniaCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryEswatiniCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryEthiopiaCountry or Jurisdiction3 entriesFederated States of MicronesiaCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryFijiCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryFinlandCountry or Jurisdiction2 entriesFloridaCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryFranceCountry or Jurisdiction14 entriesFrisiaCountry or Jurisdiction2 entriesGabonCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryGambiaCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryGermanyCountry or Jurisdiction12 entriesGhanaCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryGoaCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryGreeceCountry or Jurisdiction4 entriesGrenadaCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryGuatemalaCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryGuineaCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryGuinea-BissauCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryGuyanaCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryHaitiCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryHoly Roman EmpireCountry or Jurisdiction2 entriesHondurasCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryHong KongCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryHungaryCountry or Jurisdiction3 entriesIcelandCountry or Jurisdiction2 entriesIndiaCountry or Jurisdiction13 entriesIndonesiaCountry or Jurisdiction3 entriesIranCountry or Jurisdiction4 entriesIraqCountry or Jurisdiction3 entriesIrelandCountry or Jurisdiction9 entriesIsraelCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryItalyCountry or Jurisdiction7 entriesJamaicaCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryJapanCountry or Jurisdiction12 entriesJerusalemCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryJordanCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryKazakhstanCountry or Jurisdiction3 entriesKenyaCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryKingdom of EnglandCountry or Jurisdiction2 entriesKingdom of FranceCountry or Jurisdiction2 entriesKingdom of ItalyCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryKingdom of SicilyCountry or Jurisdiction3 entriesKiribatiCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryKuwaitCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryKyrgyzstanCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryLaosCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryLatviaCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryLebanonCountry or Jurisdiction2 entriesLesothoCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryLiberiaCountry or Jurisdiction2 entriesLibyaCountry or Jurisdiction2 entriesLiechtensteinCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryLithuaniaCountry or Jurisdiction4 entriesLouisianaCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryLuxembourgCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryMadagascarCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryMalawiCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryMalaysiaCountry or Jurisdiction3 entriesMaldivesCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryMaliCountry or Jurisdiction2 entriesMaltaCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryMarshall IslandsCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryMauritaniaCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryMauritiusCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryMexicoCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryMing dynastyCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryMoldovaCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryMonacoCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryMongoliaCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryMontenegroCountry or Jurisdiction2 entriesMoroccoCountry or Jurisdiction2 entriesMozambiqueCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryMyanmarCountry or Jurisdiction3 entriesNamibiaCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryNauruCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryNepalCountry or Jurisdiction2 entriesNetherlandsCountry or Jurisdiction5 entriesNew MexicoCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryNew YorkCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryNew York CityCountry or Jurisdiction2 entriesNew ZealandCountry or Jurisdiction4 entriesNicaraguaCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryNigerCountry or Jurisdiction2 entriesNigeriaCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryNorth KoreaCountry or Jurisdiction2 entriesNorth MacedoniaCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryNorwayCountry or Jurisdiction4 entriesOmanCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryOttoman EmpireCountry or Jurisdiction4 entriesPakistanCountry or Jurisdiction2 entriesPalauCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryPanamaCountry or Jurisdiction2 entriesPapua New GuineaCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryParaguayCountry or Jurisdiction2 entriesPeruCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryPhilippinesCountry or Jurisdiction5 entriesPolandCountry or Jurisdiction5 entriesPortugalCountry or Jurisdiction5 entriesPskovCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryQatarCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryQing dynastyCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryRepublic of the CongoCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryRomaniaCountry or Jurisdiction4 entriesRussiaCountry or Jurisdiction14 entriesRussian EmpireCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryRwandaCountry or Jurisdiction1 entrySaint Kitts and NevisCountry or Jurisdiction1 entrySaint LuciaCountry or Jurisdiction1 entrySaint Vincent and the GrenadinesCountry or Jurisdiction1 entrySamoaCountry or Jurisdiction1 entrySan MarinoCountry or Jurisdiction1 entrySão Tomé and PríncipeCountry or Jurisdiction1 entrySaudi ArabiaCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryScotlandCountry or Jurisdiction1 entrySenegalCountry or Jurisdiction1 entrySerbiaCountry or Jurisdiction3 entriesSeychellesCountry or Jurisdiction1 entrySierra LeoneCountry or Jurisdiction1 entrySingaporeCountry or Jurisdiction2 entriesSlovakiaCountry or Jurisdiction1 entrySloveniaCountry or Jurisdiction1 entrySolomon IslandsCountry or Jurisdiction1 entrySomaliaCountry or Jurisdiction1 entrySouth AfricaCountry or Jurisdiction1 entrySouth CarolinaCountry or Jurisdiction1 entrySouth KoreaCountry or Jurisdiction4 entriesSouth SudanCountry or Jurisdiction2 entriesSoviet UnionCountry or Jurisdiction4 entriesSpainCountry or Jurisdiction12 entriesSpartaCountry or Jurisdiction1 entrySri LankaCountry or Jurisdiction2 entriesSudanCountry or Jurisdiction1 entrySurinameCountry or Jurisdiction1 entrySwedenCountry or Jurisdiction3 entriesSwitzerlandCountry or Jurisdiction5 entriesSyriaCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryTaiwanCountry or Jurisdiction2 entriesTajikistanCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryTang dynastyCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryTanzaniaCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryTexasCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryThailandCountry or Jurisdiction2 entriesTimor-LesteCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryTogoCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryTongaCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryTrinidad and TobagoCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryTunisiaCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryTurkeyCountry or Jurisdiction4 entriesTurkmenistanCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryTuvaluCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryUgandaCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryUkraineCountry or Jurisdiction2 entriesUnited Arab EmiratesCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryUnited KingdomCountry or Jurisdiction10 entriesUnited StatesCountry or Jurisdiction35 entriesUruguayCountry or Jurisdiction2 entriesUzbekistanCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryVanuatuCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryVatican CityCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryVenezuelaCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryVietnamCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryWeimar RepublicCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryYemenCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryYugoslaviaCountry or Jurisdiction3 entriesZambiaCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryZimbabweCountry or Jurisdiction1 entryConnectionsShowing the first 400 of 615 connections.Sources1. Codification (law) (Wikipedia)tier 2WikipediaCodification (law), History sectionQuote, Codification (law), History sectionAncient Sumer's Code of Ur-Nammu was compiled circa 2050-1230 BC, and is the earliest known surviving civil code.View the SourceCivil Code of the Empire of Ethiopia, 1960 (WIPO Lex)Contains: Civil Code of Ethiopia (1960)Ottoman Land Code of 1858 (Wikipedia)tier 2Contains: Ottoman Land Code of 1858Comments (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.