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Six Codes (Chinese: 六法; pinyin: Liù Fǎ; Kana: ろっぽう; Hangul: 육법) refers to the six main legal codes that make up the main body of law in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. [1] Sometimes, the term is also used to describe the six major areas of law. Furthermore, it may refer to all or part of a collection of statutes.
The previous code of law was the Kyŏngje yukchŏn (경제육전; 經濟六典; Six Codes of Governance [4]) and its revised edition, Sogyukchŏn (속육전; 續六典, Amended Six Codes of Governance [5]) which were issued during the reign of the state founder, King Taejo. [6] [7] The new compilation started in 1460 (Sejo 6).
The law of Japan refers to the legal system in Japan, which is primarily based on legal codes and statutes, with precedents also playing an important role. [1] Japan has a civil law legal system with six legal codes, which were greatly influenced by Germany, to a lesser extent by France, and also adapted to Japanese circumstances.
The Penal Code (刑法 Keihō) of Japan was passed in 1907 as Law No. 45. It is one of six Codes that form the foundation of modern Japanese law.The penal code is also called “ordinary criminal law” or “general criminal law” as it relates to general crimes.
First page of the 1804 original edition of the Napoleonic Code. A code of law, also called a law code or legal code, is a systematic collection of statutes.It is a type of legislation that purports to exhaustively cover a complete system of laws or a particular area of law as it existed at the time the code was enacted, by a process of codification. [1]
In India, the Edicts of Ashoka (269–236 BC) were followed by the Law of Manu (200 BC). In ancient China, the first comprehensive criminal code was the Tang Code, created in 624 AD in the Tang Dynasty. The following is a list of ancient legal codes in chronological order: Cuneiform law. The code of law found at Ebla (2400 BC)
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The Tang code took its roots in the code of the Northern Zhou (564) dynasty, which was itself based on the earlier codes of the Cao-Wei and Western Jin (268). [3] Aiming to smooth the earlier laws and reduce physical punishments (such as mutilations) in order to appease social tensions in the newly pacified Tang territories, it was created in AD 624 at the request of Emperor Gaozu of Tang.