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Christian Wolff

(1679—1754)

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Germany

Germany  

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Law, History of Law
German legal history begins with the Saxon emperors of the tenth century, and its initial era spans the tenth to the mid-thirteenth centuries. Even though there was no specific national ...
private law

private law  

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Law, History of Law
The part of the law that deals with such aspects of relationships between individuals that are of no direct concern to the state. It includes the law of property and of trusts, family law, the law of ...
Prussian Allgemeines Landrecht

Prussian Allgemeines Landrecht  

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Law, History of Law
The Allgemeine Landrecht für die Preussischen Staaten (General Territorial Law for the Prussian States), commonly abbreviated to ALR, came into effect on June 1, 1794. The ALR represented the most ...
System and Systematization

System and Systematization  

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Law, History of Law
“Systematization” of law describes the creation (or discovery) of an order that differs from the order of the legal sources. For example, it can have the purpose of describing the ...

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