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outline of law wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 nature of law 2 legal systems 3 law by source toggle law by source subsection 3 1 municipal law 3 1 1 primary authority 3 1 2 secondary authority 3 2 international law 4 branches of law toggle branches of law subsection 4 1 international law 4 2 public law 4 3 private law 4 4 commercial law 4 5 procedural law 5 laws by jurisdictional scope 6 history 7 basic legal concepts 8 lists toggle lists subsection 8 1 sources of law 8 1 1 municipal case law 8 1 2 municipal legislative instruments 8 1 3 international and supranational law 8 1 4 international and supranational case law 8 1 5 other 8 2 legal institutions and jurists 8 2 1 national legal systems 8 2 2 courts 8 2 3 legal professionals and jurists 8 3 legal topics and reference 9 external links 10 notes toggle the table of contents outline of law 3 languages العربية esperanto 中文 edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia overview of and topical guide to law the following outline is provided as an overview of and introduction to law law is the set of rules and principles laws by which a society is governed through enforcement by governmental authorities law is also the field that concerns the creation and administration of laws and includes any and all legal systems nature of law edit law can be described as all of the following academic discipline the body of knowledge given to or received by a disciple student 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 often called components instead 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 edit common law civil law legal system religious law bahá í laws biblical law canon law halakha hindu law jain law pāṭimokkha sharia traditional chinese law law by source edit municipal law edit primary authority edit main article 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