Customary legal orders of early and medieval Europe, before royal codification: the laws of the Anglo-Saxons, the Celts and the early Irish, the Normans, the Scandinavians, the Rus and the Vlachs, and the merchant custom that crossed those borders. A legal system belongs here when its cited article describes the customary law of a European people or period. It excludes the Roman and Germanic foundations of civil law and the customary law of other continents.
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Anglo-Saxon law (Wikipedia)
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Anglo-Saxon law (Old English: ǣ, later lagu 'law'; dōm 'decree', 'judgement') was the legal system of Anglo-Saxon England from the 6th century until the Norman Conquest of 1066.
Celtic law (Wikipedia)
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A number of law codes have in the past been in use in the various Celtic nations since the Middle Ages.
Early Irish law (Wikipedia)
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Early Irish law, also called Brehon law (from the old Irish word breithim meaning judge), comprised the statutes which governed everyday life in Gaelic Ireland.
Kievan Rus' law (Wikipedia)
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Its main sources were early Slavic customary law and Zakon Russkiy (Law of Rus'), which was partly recorded in Rus', Byzantine Treaties.
Leges inter Brettos et Scottos (Wikipedia)
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The Leges inter Brettos et Scottos or Laws of the Brets and Scots was a legal codification under David I of Scotland (reigned 1124-1153).
Medieval Scandinavian law (Wikipedia)
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Medieval Scandinavian law, also called North Germanic law, was a subset of Germanic law practiced by North Germanic peoples.
More danico (Wikipedia)
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The phrase more danico is a Medieval Latin legal expression which may be translated as "according to Danish custom", i.e. under Medieval Scandinavian customary law.
Norman law (Wikipedia)
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Norman law (Norman: Coûteume de Normaundie, French: Coutume de Normandie, Latin: Lex Normanica) refers to the customary law of the Duchy of Normandy which developed between the 10th and 13th centuries and which survives today in the legal systems of Jersey and the other Channel Islands.
Vlach law (Wikipedia)
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The Vlach law (Latin: ius valachicum, Romanian: legea românească, "Romanian law", or obiceiul pământului, "customs of the land", Hungarian: vlach jog) refers to the traditional Romanian common law as well as to various special laws and privileges enjoyed or enforced upon particularly pastoralist communities (cf. obști) of Romanian stock or origin in European states of the Late Middle Ages and Early modern period, including in the two Romanian polities of Moldavia and Wallachia, as well as in the Kingdom of Hungary, the Kingdom of Poland, Kingdom of Serbia, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, etc.
Lex mercatoria (Wikipedia)
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Lex mercatoria (from Latin for "merchant law"), often referred to as "the Law Merchant" in English, is the body of commercial law used by merchants throughout Europe during the medieval period. It evolved similar to English common law as a system of custom and best practice, which was enforced through a system of merchant courts along the main trade routes.
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