Law, civil
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23733108 |
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| Authors | Du Plessis (0000-0003-2272-6905, University of Edinburgh, corresponding author), Paul J du Plessis (0000-0001-8500-1296) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Pages | 1-2 |
| Publication date | 2020-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | The Encyclopedia of Ancient History (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah13147.pub2 |
| OpenAlex | W4250471685 |
| ISBN | 9781444338386 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
Civil law (and the associated concept “civilian tradition”), derived from the Latin ius civile , is the term used in contemporary legal scholarship to refer to the reception of Roman law into the legal systems of western Europe. This use of the term is different from its original meaning as that body of Roman law only available to Roman citizens, which was used in Roman legal sources as an antithesis to the ius gentium , that body of law which was common to all men.
Antithesis · Civil law (Civil law) · Common law · Comparative law · Epistemology · Legal history · Meaning (existential) · Political science · Public law · Scholarship · Sources of law · Classical Studies and Legal History · Law · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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