Outline of law

Nature of law

• Academic discipline - the body of knowledge given to - or received by - a disciple ; 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 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

  Legal systems

• List of national legal systems
• Common law
• Civil law
• Religious law
• * Bahá'í laws
• * Biblical law, in Judaism and Christianity
• * Canon law, in Christianity
• ** Canons of the Apostles
• ** Canon law of the Anglican Communion
• ** Canon law of the Catholic Church
• ***Canon - a certain rule or norm of conduct or belief prescribed by the Catholic Church. The word "canon" comes from the Greek kanon, which in its original usage denoted a straight rod that was later the instrument used by architects and artificers as a measuring stick for making straight lines.
• ***Custom - the repeated and constant performance of certain acts for a defined period of time, which, with the approval of the competent legislator, thereby acquire the force of law. A custom is an unwritten law introduced by the continuous acts of the faithful with the consent of the legitimate legislator.
• ***Decree - an order or law made by a superior authority for the direction of others.
• ***Dispensation - the exemption from the immediate obligation of law in certain cases. Its object is to modify the hardship often arising from the rigorous application of general laws to particular cases, and its essence is to preserve the law by suspending its operation in such cases.
• ***Interpretation - canonists provide and obey rules for the interpretation and acceptation of words, in order that legislation is correctly understood and the extent of its obligation is determined.
• ***Obrogation - the enacting of a contrary law that is a revocation of a previous law. It may also be the partial cancellation or amendment of a law, decree, or legal regulation by the imposition of a newer one.
• ***Promulgation - the publication of a law by which it is made known publicly, and is required by canon law for the law to obtain legal effect.
• * Halakha, in Judaism
• * Hindu law
• * Jain law
• * Patimokkha, in Theravada Buddhism
• * Sharia, in Islam

  Law by source

• Sources of law
• *Canon
• *Custom
• **Custom
• *Precedent of past judicial decisions
• *Statutory law
• **Statute
• **Black letter law
• *Constitutional law
• **Constitution
• **Constitutional court
• *Sources of international law
• **Customary international law
• **Treaty
• **Juristic writings

  Branches of law

Public law

• Constitutional law
• Tax law

  Administrative law

• Administrative law
• Code of Federal Regulations

  Criminal law

• Criminal law
• Criminal procedure

  Substantive law and adjectival law

• Substantive law
• Procedural law

  Law of persons

• Person

  Civil law

• Civil law
• Civil procedure
• Civil rights
• Common law
• Environmental law
• Family law

  Laws by jurisdictional scope

• International law
• *Public international law
• *Conflict of laws
• **Dualism
• **Legal pluralism
• *Supranational law
• *Law of the European Union
• **Treaties of the European Union
• **Regulation
• **Directive
• **European Union decision
• **European Union legislative procedure
• Municipal law
• *Federal law
• *State law
• *Local ordinance

  History

• Cuneiform law
• Babylonian law
• Ancient Greek law
• Roman law
• Early Germanic law
• Legal history of the Catholic Church
• *Jus antiquum

  Basic legal concepts

• Ignorantia juris non excusat
• Presumption of innocence
• *Presumption
• Treason
• Rights
• Rule of law

  People who have influenced law

Canon law

• Aquinas, St. Thomas
• Benedict XIV, Pope
• Gratian
• Hostiensis
• Gregory IX, Pope
• Gasparri, Pietro
• John Paul II, Pope St.
• Penyafort, Raymond of
• Photios I of Constantinople

  Civil law

• Napoleon
• Justinian

  Common law

• Blackstone, Sir William
• Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr.

  Other legal systems

• Hammurabi
• Moses
• Mohammed

  Lists

• Lists of legislation
• Lists of case law
• List of treaties

• List of legislatures by country

• List of constitutional courts
• List of special tribunals and courts
• List of courts in England and Wales
• List of High Courts of India

• 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

• 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
• Historical lists of Privy Counsellors
• List of current members of the British Privy Council
• List of current members of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada
• 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 protective service agencies
• 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
• List of United States federal legislation
• List of United States Supreme Court cases