- 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.
Contents
Legal systems
Law by source
- Custom
- Precedent of past judicial decisions (stare decisis)
- Statutory law
- Constitutional law
- Sources of international law
- Customary international law
- Treaty
- Juristic writings (such as legal treatises)
Branches of law
Criminal law
- Criminal law (penal law)
- Criminal procedure
Civil law
- Civil law (private law)
- Common law
- Civil rights
- Family law
- Civil procedure
Administrative law
Religious Law
- Canon law
- Canon law (Catholic Church)
- Apostolic constitution
- Papal rescript
- Canon law (Catholic Church)
- Sharia law
Laws by scope
- International law
- Federal law (national law)
- State law
- Ordinance
History
Main article: History of lawPhilosophy of Law
Basic legal concepts
People who have influenced law
- Hammurabi
- Napoleon
- Justinian
- Pietro Gasparri
Lists
- List of business law topics
- List of basic criminal justice topics
- List of topics in logic
- List of international public law topics
- List of international trade topics
- Arms control treaties and conventions
- Environmental agreements
- 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 Acts of the Parliament of England
- List of Acts of Parliament of the United Kingdom Parliament
- List of Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly
- List of Acts of the Oireachtas
- List of Acts of the Parliament of Ireland
- List of Acts of the Parliament of Scotland to 1707
- List of Acts of the Scottish Parliament from 1999
- List of laws of Guernsey
- List of laws of Jersey
- List of Philippine laws
- List of Ayatollahs
- List of individuals executed by the federal government of the United States
- List of international declarations
- List of items for which possession is restricted
- List of House of Lords cases
- 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 Latin phrases
- List of 100 largest law firms globally
- Lists of law schools
- List of leading legal cases in copyright law
- List of members of the Privy Council of Northern Ireland
- List of members of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada
- List of notable United Kingdom House of Lords cases
- List of people who have acted as their own attorney
- 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
- 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 treaties
- List of Uniform Acts (United States)
- List of United States federal legislation
- List of United States Supreme Court cases
See also
- Legal abuse
External links
- Legal news and information network for attorneys and other legal professionals
- Encyclopaedic project of academic initiative in Jurispedia
- Legal articles, news, and interactive maps
- WorldLII - World Legal Information Institute
- CommonLII - Commonwealth Legal Information Institute
- AsianLII - Asian Legal Information Institute (AsianLII)
- 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
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