Outline of law

Outline of law

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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to law:

Law is the set of rules and principles (laws) by which a society is governed, through enforcement by governmental
authorities. Law is also the field which concerns the creation and administration of laws, and includes any and all
legal systems.

Nature of law
Law can be described as all of the following:
Academic discipline body of knowledge given to - or received by - a disciple (student); a branch or sphere of
knowledge, or field of study, that an individual has chosen to specialise in.
one of the humanities academic discipline that study the human condition, using methods that are primarily
analytical, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural
sciences.
Field of science widely-recognized category of specialized expertise within science, and typically embodies its
own terminology and nomenclature. Such a field will usually be represented by one or more scientific journals,
where peer reviewed research is published. There are many sociology-related scientific journals.
Social science field of academic scholarship that explores aspects of human society.
System set of elements (often called 'components' instead) and relationships which are different from
relationships of the set or its elements to other elements or sets.
part of the legal system

Legal systems
List of national legal systems

Common law
Civil law (legal system)
Canon law
Sharia law

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Law by source
Sources of law
Custom (customary law)
Precedent of past judicial decisions (stare decisis)
Statutory law
Statute
Black letter law
Constitutional law
Constitution
Constitutional court
Sources of international law
Customary international law
Treaty
Juristic writings (such as legal treatises)

Branches of law
Substantive law and adjectival law
Substantive law
Procedural law

Criminal law
Criminal law (penal law)
Criminal procedure

Civil law

Civil law (common law)

Civil procedure
Civil rights
Common law
Environmental law
Family law

Administrative law
Administrative law
Code of Federal Regulations

Religious Law
Canon law
Canon law (Catholic Church)
Apostolic constitution
Papal rescript
Sharia law

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Laws by scope
International law
Public international law
Conflict of laws (private international law)
Dualism (law)
Legal pluralism
Supranational law
Law of the European Union
Treaties of the European Union
Regulation (European Union)
Directive (European Union)
European Union decision
European Union legislative procedure
Federal law (national law)
State law
Local ordinance

History

Babylonian law
Ancient Greek law
Roman law
Early Germanic law

Philosophy of Law
Natural law
Jurisprudence

Basic legal concepts

Treason

People who have influenced law

Hammurabi
Napoleon
Justinian
Pietro Gasparri

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Lists
Sources of law
Lists of legislation
Lists of case law
List of treaties
Legislatures
List of legislatures by country
Courts

List of constitutional courts

List of special tribunals and courts
List of courts in England and Wales
List of High Courts of India

Prisons
List of prisons
List of United Kingdom prisons
United States
List of U.S. federal prisons
List of U.S. state prisons
List of U.S. military prisons
Other

List of business law topics

Outline of criminal justice
List of topics in logic
List of international public law topics
List of international trade topics
Arms control treaties and conventions
Environmental agreements
List of environmental law journals
Historic list of members of the Privy Council
List of current members of the Privy Council
List of Judicial Committee of the Privy Council cases
List of Ayatollahs
List of individuals executed by the federal government of the United States
List of international declarations
List of jurists
List of Judges of the High Court of Australia
List of Chief Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada
List of Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States

List of Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States by court composition
List of Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States by seat
List of Latin phrases
List of 100 largest law firms globally
Lists of law schools
List of members of the Privy Council of Northern Ireland

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List of members of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada
List of United Kingdom House of Lords cases

List of notable United Kingdom House of Lords cases

List of Lords of Appeal in Ordinary
List of real estate topics
List of riots
List of Senators of the College of Justice
List of software patents
List of Supreme Court of Canada cases
List of top United States patent recipients
List of Uniform Acts (United States)
List of United States federal legislation
List of United States Supreme Court cases

External links
Legal news and information network for attorneys and other legal professionals [1]
Encyclopaedic project of academic initiative [2] in JurisPedia

Legal articles, news, and interactive maps [3]

WorldLII World Legal Information Institute [4]
CommonLII Commonwealth Legal Information Institute [5]
AsianLII Asian Legal Information Institute [6]
AustLII Australasian Legal Information Institute [7]
BAILII British and Irish Legal Information Institute [8]
CanLII Canadian Legal Information Institute [9]
NZLII New Zealand Legal Information Institute [10]
PacLII Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute [11]

References
[1] http:/ / www. law. com/
[2] http:/ / jurispedia. org/
[3] http:/ / www. lawserver. com/
[4] http:/ / www. worldlii. org/
[5] http:/ / www. commonlii. org/
[6] http:/ / www. asianlii. org/
[7] http:/ / www. austlii. edu. au/
[8] http:/ / www. bailii. org/
[9] http:/ / www. canlii. org/
[10] http:/ / www. nzlii. org/
[11] http:/ / www. paclii. org/

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