The following outline is provided as an overview of and introduction 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 that concerns the creation and administration of laws, and includes any and all legal systems.

Nature of law

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Law can be described as all of the following:

  • Academic discipline – the body of knowledge given to - or received by - a disciple (student); a branch or sphere of knowledge, or field of study, that an individual has chosen to specialise in.
    • one of the humanities – an academic discipline that studies the human condition, using methods that are primarily analytical, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural sciences.
  • System – set of elements (often called 'components' instead) and relationships which are different from relationships of the set or its elements to other elements or sets.
    • part of the legal system – legal scholarship and practice shapes how the law is interpreted and applied in societies
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Law by source

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Branches of law

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Public law

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Public law

  • Constitutional law
  • Tax law (revenue law)

Administrative law

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Criminal law

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Substantive law and adjectival law

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Law of persons

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Civil law

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Laws by jurisdictional scope

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History

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History of law

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People who have influenced law

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Canon law

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Civil law

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Common law

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Lists

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Sources of law
Legislatures
Courts
Prisons
International law
Judges
Privy council members
Caselaw
Legislation
Other
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  • Legal news and information network for attorneys and other legal professionals
  • Encyclopaedic project of the 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
  • 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

Notes

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