Concept: civil law in the concept vocabulary

Concept URI http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/1437
Preferred label civil law
Definition Law inspired by old Roman Law, the primary feature of which was that laws were written into a collection; codified, and not determined, as is common law, by judges. The principle of civil law is to provide all citizens with an accessible and written collection of the laws which apply to them and which judges must follow.
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Status Valid
Status Modified 2013-12-05
Accepted Date 2013-12-05
Not Accepted Date
Alternative label
  • civilno pravo [hr]
  • kontinentalno pravo [hr]
  • privatno pravo [hr]
  • rimsko pravo [hr]
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