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  2. Scandinavian law - Wikipedia

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    Scandinavian law, also known as Nordic law, [1] is the law of the five Nordic countries, namely Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. It is generally regarded as a subgroup of civil law or as an individual legal body in itself. Prior to the 19th century, the European countries were independent in their administering and legality ...

  3. Medieval Scandinavian law - Wikipedia

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    Medieval Scandinavian law, also called North Germanic law, [1] [2] [3] was a subset of Germanic law practiced by North Germanic peoples.It was originally memorized by lawspeakers, but after the end of the Viking Age they were committed to writing, mostly by Christian monks after the Christianization of Scandinavia.

  4. List of national legal systems - Wikipedia

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    Scandinavian-North Germanic civil law. Like all Scandinavian legal systems, it is distinguished by its traditional character and for the fact that it did not adopt elements of Roman law. It assimilated very few elements of foreign laws whatsoever. The Napoleonic Code had no influence in the codification of law in Scandinavia.

  5. Category:Scandinavian law - Wikipedia

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    Stockholm Institute for Scandinavian Law This page was last edited on 8 January 2018, at 02:09 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...

  6. Danelaw - Wikipedia

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    The Danelaw (/ ˈ d eɪ n ˌ l ɔː /, Danish: Danelagen; Norwegian: Danelagen; Old English: Dena lagu) [2] was the part of England between the early tenth century and the Norman Conquest under Anglo-Saxon rule in which Danish laws applied. [3]

  7. Swedish Code of Statutes - Wikipedia

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    Sveriges rikes lag, the de facto statute book, containing a selection of current laws from the SFS. The Swedish Code of Statutes (Swedish: Svensk författningssamling, Swedish law collection; SFS) contains the chronological session laws of the Riksdag, regulations of the Government, and ordinances, collectively called författning.

  8. Law of Jante - Wikipedia

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    Plaque commemorating Aksel Sandemose and citing his Law at his birthplace in Nykøbing Mors. The Law of Jante (Danish: janteloven [ˈjæntəˌlɔwˀən,-lɒwˀ-]) [note 1] is a code of conduct [1] originating in fiction and now used colloquially to denote a social attitude of disapproval towards expressions of individuality and personal success. [2]

  9. Law of Sweden - Wikipedia

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    The law of Sweden is a civil law system, whose essence is manifested in its dependence on statutory law. [2] Sweden's civil law tradition, as in the rest of Europe, is founded upon Roman law as codified in the Corpus Juris Civilis, but as developed within German law, rather than upon the Napoleonic Code. But, over time Sweden along with the ...