The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 7Grolier, 1985 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... civil - law ( as distinguished from com- mon - law ) systems . The Byzantine maritime code of Leo III ( 8th century ) ... civil code . Adopted in 36 statutes successively enacted , it was formally consolidated as a single Code Civil ...
... civil - law ( as distinguished from com- mon - law ) systems . The Byzantine maritime code of Leo III ( 8th century ) ... civil code . Adopted in 36 statutes successively enacted , it was formally consolidated as a single Code Civil ...
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... civil code based upon the Code Napoléon . In 1836 a Mas- sachusetts commission under Joseph Story recom- mended codification of the state's common law , but its report was not adopted . In New York , largely because of David Dudley ...
... civil code based upon the Code Napoléon . In 1836 a Mas- sachusetts commission under Joseph Story recom- mended codification of the state's common law , but its report was not adopted . In New York , largely because of David Dudley ...
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... civil and colo- nial strife have tended to escalate into inter- national hostilities . While individual states are forbidden to intervene in civil strife , the United Nations may do so if , as in the Congo in 1961 , it finds that the ...
... civil and colo- nial strife have tended to escalate into inter- national hostilities . While individual states are forbidden to intervene in civil strife , the United Nations may do so if , as in the Congo in 1961 , it finds that the ...
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