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Origin Period

This dimension groups doctrines by the period in which they first took shape. Wikipedia notes that a doctrine becomes established only "when enough judges make use of the process," a process that can take years or decades to settle into a recognized rule. Browsing by origin period lets a visitor compare doctrines that emerged in the same era.

Origin Period

1195

1285 (Statute of Winchester)

12th century

1321, England (first recorded use, medieval period)

13th century

14th century

14th century England

1533

1540

1625 (term from Grotius, De jure belli ac pacis)

1789

1809

1840 (leading English case, Hyde v Wrench)

1841

1871

1895

1899

1920

1922-1923 (United States)

1932 (Donoghue v Stevenson)

1970s

1975

1984

19th century

19th century (will theory of contract, 1840)

1st century

7th century CE (era of the Quran and hadith)

Ancient Greece

Ancient Roman law (bona fides)

Before the 10th century

English common law

Established 1932, House of Lords

Established 1973, by the Supreme Court of India

Feudal times

Late 18th century English case law (Payne v Cave, 1789)

Late 1960s onward (widespread United States adoption)

Medieval

Medieval England

Medieval English common law, from the action of assumpsit

Medieval Europe, feudal system

Mid-19th century, English common law (settled around 1861)

Norman period, medieval England (feudal era)

Roman and civil law (the contract of fiducia)

Roman imperial era

Roman law