Forum Iudicum

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Forum Iudicum is the principal codification of Visigothic law in the early Middle Ages, influential in shaping legal traditions in medieval Spain.

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Forum Iudicum canonical 2
Forum Iudicum (in Latin tradition) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Visigothic law code
legal code
aimedAt unifying law for Goths and Romans
appliesTo Hispania
linked to: Hispania (probable)

Visigothic Kingdom
basedOn Breviary of Alaric
Codex Euricianus
earlier Visigothic laws
codificationOf Germanic customary law
Roman law traditions in Hispania
contains judicial precedents
penal provisions
royal legislation
rules of evidence
country Visigothic Kingdom of Toledo
linked to: Visigothic Kingdom
dateCreated 7th century
follows Breviary of Alaric
Codex Euricianus
hasAlternativeName Fuero Juzgo
Lex Visigothorum
Liber Iudiciorum
hasPart twelve books
historicalPeriod Early Middle Ages
inception circa 654
influenced Castilian legal tradition
Fuero Real
Iberian municipal fueros
linked to: Fuero de León

Siete Partidas
medieval Spanish law
language Latin
legalPrinciple territorial law rather than personal law
legalSubject civil law
criminal law
ecclesiastical matters
family law
inheritance law
procedural law
property law
legalSystem Visigothic law
preservedIn medieval manuscripts
promulgatedBy Recceswinth
region Iberian Peninsula
replaces earlier Visigothic law codes
usedIn Aragon
Asturias
Castile
Christian kingdoms of northern Spain
linked to: Iberian kingdoms

León
Navarre
usedUntil High Middle Ages

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Lex Visigothorum alsoKnownAs Forum Iudicum
Liber Iudiciorum hasAlternativeName Forum Iudicum
Fuero Juzgo alsoKnownAs Forum Iudicum (in Latin tradition)
linked to: Forum Iudicum