History of Courts

Legal History of the Courts

Ancient Greek: Courts and Magistrates in Ancient Athens

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Ancient Roman: Civil Courts

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Ancient Roman: Criminal Courts in the Roman Republic and the Empire

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Courts in Ancient Roman: Byzantium

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Chinese: An Overview of Chinese Courts and Judicial

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Chinese: The Censorate

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Chinese: The Central Court

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Chinese: The Emperor

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Chinese: Local Courts

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Chinese: The Ministry of Justice (Board of Punishments)

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English Courts

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Medieval and Post-Medieval Roman Law: Courts and Cases

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Medieval and Post-Medieval Roman Law: Faculties Acting as Courts

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United States Federal Courts

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Lists of Courts in the Encyclopedia of Law

• History of European Courts in the European Encyclopedia
• History of American Courts
• History of Asian Courts in the Asia Encyclopedia
• History of Australian Courts in the Australian Encyclopedia
• History of Canadian Courts in the Canada Encyclopedia
• History of African Courts in the Africa Encyclopedia
• History of Latin American Courts (in Spanish)
• History of English Courts in this Encyclopedia
• History of Irish Courts in this Encyclopedia
• History of Scotch Courts in this Encyclopedia

Resources

See Also

List of Courts
Post-Medieval Roman Law
Contract Law
History of Chinese Law
Beating
Medieval Roman Law

Further Reading

For a detailed description of historical courts, see Holdsworth’s “History of English Law”, vol. I.