Outline of law

Nature of law

Law can be described as all of the following:

Academic discipline – 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 – academic discipline that study the human condition, using methods that are primarily analytical, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural sciences.

Field of science – widely recognized category of specialized expertise within science, and typically embodies its own terminology and nomenclature. Such a field will usually be represented by one or more scientific journals, where peer reviewed research is published. There are many sociology-related scientific journals.

Social science – field of academic scholarship that explores aspects of human society.

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 law is interpreted and applied in societies

Legal systems

List of national legal systems

Canon law (Catholic Church)

Canon (canon law)

Custom (canon law)

Decree (canon law)

Dispensation (canon law)

Interpretation (canon law)

Obrogation

Promulgation (canon law)

Law by source

Sources of law

Custom (customary law)

Custom (canon law)

Precedent of past judicial decisions (stare decisis)

Statutory law

Statute

Black letter law

Constitutional law

Constitution

Constitutional court

Sources of international law

Customary international law

Treaty

Juristic writings (such as legal treatises)

Public law

Public law

Constitutional law

Tax law

Administrative law

Administrative law

Code of Federal Regulations

Criminal law

Criminal law (penal law)

Criminal procedure

Substantive law and adjectival law

Substantive law

Procedural law

Law of persons

Person (canon law)

Civil law

Civil law (common law)

Civil procedure

Civil rights

Common law

Environmental law

Family law

Laws by jurisdictional scope

International law

Public international law

Conflict of laws (private international law)

Dualism (law)

Legal pluralism

Supranational law

Law of the European Union

Treaties of the European Union

Regulation (European Union)

Directive (European Union)

European Union decision

European Union legislative procedure

Federal law (national law)

State law

Local ordinance

History

Babylonian law

Ancient Greek law

Roman law

Early Germanic law

Legal history of the Catholic Church

Basic legal concepts

Ignorantia juris non excusat

Presumption of innocence

Treason

Rule of law

Canon law

Aquinas, St. Thomas (wrote influential Treatise on Law)

Benedict XIV, Pope

Gratian ("Father of Canon Law", founder of canon law jurisprudence; canon law as legal system)

Gregory IX, Pope (promulgated the Decretales Gregorii IX)

Gasparri, Pietro (codified the 1917 Code of Canon Law)

John Paul II, Pope St. (promulgated the 1983 Code of Canon Law and the 1990 Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches)

Penyafort, Raymond of (patron of canon lawyers, codified Decretales Gregorii IX)

Photios I of Constantinople (father of Oriental canon law)

Civil law

Napoleon

Justinian

Common law

Blackstone, Sir William

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr.

Other legal systems

Hammurabi

Moses

Mohammed

Lists

Sources of law

Lists of legislation

Lists of case law

List of treaties

Legislatures

List of legislatures by country

Courts

List of constitutional courts

List of special tribunals and courts

List of courts in England and Wales

List of High Courts of India

Prisons

List of 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

Other

List of business law topics

Outline of criminal justice

List of topics in logic

List of international public law topics

List of international trade topics

Arms control treaties and conventions

List of copyright case law

Environmental agreements

List of environmental law journals

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 legal abbreviations

List of Ayatollahs

List of individuals executed by the federal government of the United States

List of international declarations

List of law journals

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 Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States by court composition

List of Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States by seat

List of Latin phrases

List of Latin legal terms

List of 100 largest law firms globally

Lists of law schools

List of members of the Privy Council of Northern Ireland

List of members of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada

List of national legal systems

List of United Kingdom House of Lords cases

List of notable United Kingdom House of Lords cases

List of Lords of Appeal in Ordinary

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 Uniform Acts (United States)

List of United States federal legislation

List of United States Supreme Court cases