This dimension groups legal codes by the legal system they belong to, civil law, common law or another tradition. Wikipedia notes that codification "is one of the defining features for most civil law jurisdictions," while common law jurisdictions codify law in a different way. Browsing this way collects every code written within the same legal tradition.
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Defining CharacteristicA criminal code or penal code is a document that compiles all, or a significant amount of, a particular jurisdiction's criminal law. 1 Legal System
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A criminal code or penal code is a document that compiles all, or a significant amount of, a particular jurisdiction's criminal law.
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