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Codex Theodosianus
Compilation of laws of Roman Empire (438)
Digest
Roman law digest
Basilika
alt=|thumb|250x250px|Leo VI (right) and Basil I (left), from the 12th-century Madrid Skylitzes. The Basilika (, "the imperial [laws]") was a collection of laws completed in Constantinople by order of the Byzantine emperor Leo VI the Wise during the Macedonian dynasty. This was a continuation of the efforts of his father, Basil I, to simplify and adapt the Emperor Justinian I's Corpus Juris Civilis code of law issued between 529 and 534 which had become outdated. The term comes from the Greek adjective Basilika meaning "Imperial (laws or enactments)" and not from the Emperor Basil's name; both
Engishiki
The is a Japanese book of laws and customs. The major part of the writing was completed in 927.
Danish Census Book
13th century Danish chronicle
Novellae Constitutiones
one of the four components of the “Corpus juris civilis” drafted under the Byzantine emperor Justinian
Institutes
introductory textbook of legal institutions (161 AD)
De jure belli ac pacis
book by Hugo Grotius
Codex Runicus
manuscript
Epanagoge
The Epanagoge (, "return to the point"), more properly the Eisagoge (, "Introduction [to the law]"), is a Byzantine law book promulgated in 886. Begun under Basil I the Macedonian (r. 867–886), it was only completed under his son and successor, Leo VI the Wise (r. 886–912). As its name suggests, it was meant to be an introduction to the legislation of the Basilika, published later during Leo's reign.
Syntagma Canonum
medieval canonical collection
Littera Florentina
Gutalagen
275 px|thumb|The beginning of ‘‘Gutalagen’’ in the Holm B 64 manuscript.
Tallinn Manual
Study of the international law of cyber wafare
Elements of International Law
book by Henry Wheaton
The Law of Nations
non-fiction work by Emerich de Vattel
Codex Holmiensis
oldest manuscript of the Danish Code of Jutland
The Future of Ideas
essay by Lawrence Lessig
Black Book of the Admiralty
medieval English maritime laws