Outline of law
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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 that concerns the creation and administration of laws, and includes any and all legal systems.
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Nature of law
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- Academic discipline – the 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 – an academic discipline that studies the human condition, using methods that are primarily analytical, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural sciences.
- 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 scholarship and practice shapes how the law is interpreted and applied in societies
Legal systems
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Law by source
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Municipal law
Primary authority
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- Constitutions
- Basic laws
- Primary and secondary legislation
- Executive orders
- Precedent (Judicial decisions / stare decisis)
Secondary authority
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- Legal treatise
- Restatements of the Law (United States)
International law
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- Treaty
- Customary international law
- General principles of law
- Judicial decisions and juristic writings
Branches of law
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International law
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- Conflict of laws (Private international law)
- Public international law
- Law of the sea
- International trade law
- International commercial law
- International criminal law
- International labour law
- International environmental law
- International human rights law
Public law
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- Constitutional law
- Administrative law
- Criminal law
- Tax law (revenue law)
Private law
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Commercial law
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Procedural law
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Laws by jurisdictional scope
- International law
- Supranational law
- Municipal law
- Federal law (National law)
- State law
- Local ordinance
History
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- Cuneiform law
- Babylonian law
- Ancient Greek law
- Roman law
- Early Germanic law
- Legal history of the Catholic Church
Basic legal concepts
Lists
Sources of law
Municipal case law
- Lists of case law
- List of copyright case law
- List of Judicial Committee of the Privy Council cases
- List of United Kingdom House of Lords cases
- List of Supreme Court of Canada cases
- List of United States Supreme Court cases
Municipal legislative instruments
- List of civil codes
- List of criminal codes
- List of government gazettes
- List of Uniform Acts (United States)
- List of United States federal legislation
International and supranational law
- List of treaties
- List of international environmental agreements
- Lists of United Nations Security Council resolutions
- Select list of General Assembly resolutions
- List of European Union directives
- List of European Union regulations
- List of international declarations
International and supranational case law
- List of International Court of Justice cases
- International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
- List of people indicted in the International Criminal Court
- Inter-American Court of Human Rights
- List of European Court of Human Rights judgments
- List of European Court of Justice rulings
Other
Legal institutions and jurists
National legal systems
- List of national legal systems
- List of national constitutions
- List of ancient legal codes
- List of legislatures by country
- List of current heads of state and government
Courts
- List of supreme courts by country
- List of constitutional courts
- List of courts in England and Wales
- List of High Courts of India
- List of international courts
- List of ad hoc international criminal tribunals
Legal professionals and jurists
- Lists of supreme court justices
- List of jurists
- Lists of law schools
- List of largest law firms by revenue
- Historical lists of Privy Counsellors
- Legal scholars by specialty
Legal topics and reference
- List of law journals
- List of legal abbreviations
- List of Latin legal terms
- List of business law topics
- List of international public law topics
- List of international trade topics
External links
- WorldLII – World Legal Information Institute
- CommonLII – Commonwealth Legal Information Institute
- AsianLII – Asian Legal Information Institute
- AustLII – Australasian Legal Information Institute
- BAILII – British and Irish Legal Information Institute
- CanLII – Canadian Legal Information Institute
- NZLII – New Zealand Legal Information Institute
- PacLII – Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute
Notes
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