8th century in law

administrative reorganization enacted in 703 in Japan, at the end of the Asuka period. It was historically one of the Ritsuryō-sei. It was compiled at the direction of Prince Osakabe, Fujiwara no Fuhito and Awata no Mahito.

700's Japanese legal code of the Nara period

capitulary issued by Charlemagne in 789

series of laws issued to subdue the Saxon nation

legal code issued by Charlemagne and promulgated amongst the Saxons during the Saxon Wars

Al-Maẓālim () were an ancient pre-Islamic institution that was adopted by the Abbasid Caliphate in the eighth century CE. The main purpose of the maẓālim courts was to give ordinary people redress. Al-Maẓālim, or the sultan's court, was distinguished from the shurṭa or police courts.