Roman-Dutch law

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Roman-Dutch law is a hybrid legal system that combines principles of Roman law with Dutch customary law and has historically influenced the private law of several countries, especially in Southern Africa and Sri Lanka.

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Generate an image of Roman-Dutch law (Roman-Dutch law is a hybrid legal system that combines principles of Roman law with Dutch customary law and has historically influenced the private law of several countries, especially in Southern Africa and Sri Lanka.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf civil law tradition ⓘ
mixed legal system ⓘ
appliedIn Botswana ⓘ
Eswatini ⓘ
Guyana ⓘ
linked to: British Guiana

Indonesia (historically) ⓘ
linked to: Dutch East Indies

Lesotho ⓘ
Namibia ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ
linked to: Dominion of Ceylon

Suriname ⓘ
basedOn Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ
medieval Roman law scholarship ⓘ
codifiedAs Burgerlijk Wetboek (partly, in the Netherlands) ⓘ
combinedWith English common law (in South Africa) ⓘ
English common law (in Sri Lanka) ⓘ
componentOf Namibian common law ⓘ
South African common law ⓘ
Sri Lankan common law ⓘ
declinedDuring 19th century ⓘ
declinedIn Netherlands ⓘ
developedDuring 16th century ⓘ
17th century ⓘ
developedIn Dutch Republic ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
fieldIncludes family law ⓘ
law of contract ⓘ
law of delict ⓘ
property law ⓘ
succession law ⓘ
hasOrigin Dutch customary law ⓘ
Roman law ⓘ
influenced Botswanan private law ⓘ
Eswatini private law ⓘ
Lesotho private law ⓘ
Namibian private law ⓘ
Scots law (to a limited extent) ⓘ
South African private law ⓘ
Sri Lankan private law ⓘ
influencedBy canon law ⓘ
humanist jurisprudence ⓘ
languageOfSources Dutch ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
legalFamily civil law ⓘ
mainlyCovers private law ⓘ
notableJurist Arnold Vinnius ⓘ
Hugo Grotius ⓘ
Johannes Voet ⓘ
Simon van Leeuwen ⓘ
retainedIn South African legal system ⓘ
Sri Lankan legal system ⓘ

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Referenced by (49)

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Dutch Republic → legalSystem → Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
Burgerlijk Wetboek → influencedBy → Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
South Africa → legalSystemComponents → Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
Dutch settlers → usedLegalSystem → Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
Simon van Leeuwen → fieldOfWork → Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
Simon van Leeuwen → legalSystemInfluenced → Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
Simon van Leeuwen → legalSystemInfluenced → South African law ⓘ
linked to: Roman-Dutch law
Namibia → legalSystem → Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
Johannes Voet → fieldOfWork → Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
Johannes Voet → movement → Roman-Dutch legal tradition ⓘ
linked to: Roman-Dutch law
Johannes Voet → influenced → Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
Johannes Voet → legalSystem → Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
Arnold Vinnius → fieldOfWork → Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
Arnold Vinnius → movement → Roman-Dutch legal tradition ⓘ
linked to: Roman-Dutch law
Arnold Vinnius → influenced → Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
Arnold Vinnius → areaOfInfluence → Roman-Dutch jurisdictions ⓘ
linked to: Roman-Dutch law
Dutch colonial government → legalSystem → Dutch colonial law ⓘ
linked to: Roman-Dutch law
Orange Free State → legalSystem → Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
Natalia Republic → legalSystem → Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
Winburg, Orange Free State → legalSystem → Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
Lordship of Friesland → legalSystem → Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
Censura Forensis → mainSubject → Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
Censura Forensis → legalTradition → Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
Rooms-Hollands-Regt → legalSystem → Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
Rooms-Hollands-Regt → influencedBy → Dutch customary law ⓘ
linked to: Roman-Dutch law
Johannes Voet → fieldOfWork → Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
subject linked to: Voet
Johannes Voet → influenced → Roman-Dutch legal tradition ⓘ
subject linked to: Voet
linked to: Roman-Dutch law
Commentarius ad Pandectas → influenced → Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
Dominion of South Africa → legalSystem → Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
South African Republic → legalSystem → Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
High Court of Zimbabwe → legalSystem → Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
Boer republics → legalSystemInfluencedBy → Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
Government of Sri Lanka → legalSystem → Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
schout of Rensselaerswyck → legalSystem → Roman-Dutch law tradition ⓘ
linked to: Roman-Dutch law
Ulrik Huber → fieldOfWork → Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
Ulrik Huber → influenced → Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
Province of Natal → usedLegalSystem → Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
Transvaal Colony government → legalSystem → Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
Republic of Lydenburg → hasLegalSystem → Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
District Courts of Ceylon → influencedBy → Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
Judiciary of Namibia → legalSystem → Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
judicial branch of Guyana → influencedBy → Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
Kandyan law → coexistsWith → Roman-Dutch law ⓘ
High Court of Namibia → legalSystem → Roman-Dutch law ⓘ