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This 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.

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Adams-Onís Treaty

United States

Alabama Constitution of 1901

United States

Alaska Purchase

United States

Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty

United States

ANZUS

United States

Articles of Confederation

United States

Burlingame Treaty

United States

California Building Standards Code

United States

California Civil Code

United States

California Code of Civil Procedure

United States

California Penal Code

United States

Code of Federal Regulations

United States

Constitution of Puerto Rico

United States

Constitution of the United States

United States

Convention of 1800

United States

Convention of Kanagawa

United States

Convention on the Rights of the Child

United States

Emancipation Proclamation

United States

Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure

United States

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

United States

Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure

United States

Federal Rules of Evidence

United States

Gadsden Purchase

United States

Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty

United States

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

United States

International Energy Conservation Code

United States

Kellogg-Briand Pact

United States

Louisiana Civil Code

United States

Model Penal Code

United States

Oregon Treaty

United States

Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

United States

START I

United States

Texas Penal Code

United States

Title 18 of the United States Code

United States

Torrijos-Carter Treaties

United States

Treaty of 1818

United States

Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek

United States

Treaty of Greenville

United States

Treaty of Manila (1946)

United States

Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan

United States

Treaty of Wanghia

United States

Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution

United States

Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution

United States

Uniform Building Code

United States

Uniform Commercial Code (UCC)

United States

United States Bill of Rights

United States

United States Code

United States

Webster-Ashburton Treaty

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Sources
1. Codification (law) (Wikipedia)
WikipediaCodification (law), History section
Quote, Codification (law), History section
Ancient Sumer's Code of Ur-Nammu was compiled circa 2050-1230 BC, and is the earliest known surviving civil code.
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Civil Code of the Empire of Ethiopia, 1960 (WIPO Lex)
Contains: Civil Code of Ethiopia (1960)
Ottoman Land Code of 1858 (Wikipedia)
Contains: Ottoman Land Code of 1858
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