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law Definition, Systems, Institutions, & Fields

The Arthashastra, probably compiled around 100 AD , and the Manusmriti (c. 100–300 AD) were foundational treatises in India, and comprise texts considered authoritative legal guidance. Manu’s central philosophy was tolerance and pluralism, and was cited across Southeast Asia. During the Muslim conquests in the Indian subcontinent, sharia was established by the Muslim sultanates and empires, most notably Mughal Empire’s Fatawa-e-Alamgiri, compiled by emperor Aurangzeb and various scholars of Islam. In India, the Hindu legal tradition, along with Islamic law, were both supplanted by common law when India became part of the British Empire.

• The sources that jurisdictions adopt as authoritatively binding are the defining features of any legal system.
• Ancient India and China represent distinct traditions of law, and have historically had independent schools of legal theory and practice.
• Western Europe, meanwhile, relied on a mix of the Theodosian Code and Germanic customary

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