Six Codes
Six Codes (Template:Zh; Kana: ろっぽう; Hangul: 육법) refers to the six main legal codes that make up the main body of law in Japan, Korea, and Republic of China (Taiwan).[1] Sometimes, the term is also used to describe the six major areas of law. Furthermore, it may refer to all or part of a collection of statutes.
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| 1 | Constitution (1946) Script error: No such module "Lang". Nippon-koku-kenpō |
Constitution (1948) Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". Daehan-minguk Heon-beop |
Constitution (1946) Script error: No such module "Lang". Zhōnghuá Mínguó Xiànfǎ (Mandarin Pinyin) Chunghua Minkuo Hsienfa (Wade-Giles) Tiong-hoâ Bîn-kok Hiàn-hoat (Hokkien) Chûng-fà Mìn-koet Hién-fap (Hakka) |
| 2 | Civil Code (1896) Script error: No such module "Lang". Minpō |
Civil Code (1958) Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". Min-beop |
Template:Ill (1929) Script error: No such module "Lang". Mínfǎ (Mandarin Pinyin) Minfa (Wade-Giles) Bîn-hoat (Hokkien) Mìn-fap (Hakka) |
| 3 | Code of Civil Procedure (1996) Script error: No such module "Lang". Minji-soshō-hō |
Code of Civil Procedure (1960) Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". Minsa-sosong-beop |
Template:Ill (1930) Script error: No such module "Lang". Mínshìsùsòngfǎ (Mandarin Pinyin) Minshihsusungfa (Wade-Giles) Bîn-sū Sò͘-siōng-hoat (Hokkien) Mìn-sṳ Su-siung-fap (Hakka) |
| 4 | Criminal Code (1907) Script error: No such module "Lang". Keihō |
Criminal Code (1953) Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". Hyeong-beop |
Criminal Code (1935) Script error: No such module "Lang". Xíngfǎ (Mandarin Pinyin) Hsingfa (Wade-Giles) Hêng-hoat (Hokkien) Hìn-fap (Hakka) |
| 5 | Code of Criminal Procedure (1948) Script error: No such module "Lang". Keiji-soshō-hō |
Code of Criminal Procedure (1954) Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". Hyeongsa-sosong-beop |
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| 6 | Commercial Code (1899) Script error: No such module "Lang". Shōhō |
Commercial Code (1962) Script error: No such module "Lang". Script error: No such module "Lang". Sang-beop |
Administrative laws (1933) Script error: No such module "Lang". Xíngzhèngfǎguī (Mandarin Pinyin) Hsingchêngfakuei (Wade-Giles) Hêng-chèng Hoat-kui (Hokkien) Hàng-chṳn Fap-kûi (Hakka) |
The word roppō is a slightly adapted form of the word used in Japanese to describe the Napoleonic Code (ナポレオン五法典 Napoleon go-hōten) when it was brought over during the early Meiji period.[2] Although, French Emperor Napoleon enacted five major codes, which were, in Japanese, altogether metonymically referred to as "the Napoleonic Code" (the official name of the Civil Code, the first and most prominent one), the Japanese added to this their own constitution to form six codes in all, and thus it came to be called the roppō or "six codes".[2]
Legislation in Japan tends to be terse. The statutory volume Roppō Zensho (literally: Book of Six Codes), similar in size to a large dictionary, contains all six codes as well as many other statutes enacted by the Diet.
The Six Codes were introduced to China in 1905 after the reform and modernization of the Chinese legal system led by Cixi. Such reform was based on the similar laws adopted in Germany, France, and Japan. After the establishment of Nationalist Government, the Complete Book of Six Codes was passed on October 3 1928.[3] The Chinese Communist Party abolished the practices of Six Codes on the land of Communist control in February 1949.[4]
As a result of Japanese colonial rule and the Retreat of the Republic of China to Taiwan, the legal system in Taiwan is strongly influenced by Japan and China.[5][6][7][8] As a result, the terms Six Codes and Book of Six Codes are also widely used in Taiwan.
See also
| Japan | Republic of Korea | Republic of China |
References
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- ↑ Ministry of Justice, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
- ↑ a b Masaji Chiba "Japan" edited by Poh-Ling Tan, "Asian Legal Systems" Butterworths, London, 1997.
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- ↑ Tay-sheng Wang, Legal Reform in Taiwan under Japanese Colonial Rule, 1895-1945: The Reception of Western Law (2014).
- ↑ Chang-Fa Lo, The Legal Culture and System of Taiwan (2006).
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- ↑ 王泰升, 概述台灣法的歷史,思想與法學 [An Overview of Taiwan's Legal History, Thought, and Study], 290 台灣法學雜誌 13 (2016).
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