The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 7Grolier, 1994 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... civil - law ( as distinguished from common - 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 in 1804 ...
... civil - law ( as distinguished from common - 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 in 1804 ...
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... civil code based upon the Code Napoléon . In 1836 a Massachusetts commission under Joseph Story recommended codification of the state's common law , but its report was not adopted . In New York , largely because of David Dudley Field's ...
... civil code based upon the Code Napoléon . In 1836 a Massachusetts commission under Joseph Story recommended codification of the state's common law , but its report was not adopted . In New York , largely because of David Dudley Field's ...
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... civil cases , the jury has all but disappeared . During World War II , when England was suffering from an acute shortage of manpower , temporary restrictions were placed on the use of juries in civil cases . Later they were lifted , but ...
... civil cases , the jury has all but disappeared . During World War II , when England was suffering from an acute shortage of manpower , temporary restrictions were placed on the use of juries in civil cases . Later they were lifted , but ...
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