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This dimension groups legal codes by the era in which they were compiled. Wikipedia notes that in common law systems codification is "the process of converting and consolidating judge-made law or uncodified statutes enacted by the legislature into codified statute law," a process that has proceeded in waves across history. Browsing by era lets a visitor compare codes compiled in the same period.

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Era of Emergence

2050 BCE 1

Era

1844

1877

200 BCE to 200 CE

2004

20th century

21st century

5th or 6th century CE (exact year disputed)

5th-6th century

6th century

7th century

9th century

Adopted 10 December 1948, Paris

Adopted 26 August 1789

Adopted 28 June 1996

adopted 28 May 2020, effective 1 January 2021

Adopted and promulgated 5 February 1917

Adopted by referendum 2-3 December 1979

Came into effect 1 January 1901

Came into force 14 August 1973

Compiled 530 to 533 CE

Early 6th century BC

Early Islamic period, traditionally dated 622 to 623 CE

Early modern England, Personal Rule crisis

enacted 10 December 1907, effective 1 January 1912

enacted 1922, in force until 1964

First Basic Law (Basic Law: The Knesset) enacted 1958

First compilation 741 or 743 CE, supplemented around 748 CE

First half of the 5th century BCE

German Empire, enacted 1896, in force from 1 January 1900

Kamakura shogunate

Late Goryeo to early Joseon

Ratified February 2, 1987

Roman Republic, traditionally dated 451 to 449 BC

Tang dynasty