Law of Iceland during the Commonwealth (930-1262) was decided by the Althing.
Following the Gamli sáttmáli, Magnus VI of Norway introduced the law-code Járnsíða, which was itself superseded when existing laws were compiled in the Jónsbók by Jón Einarsson (in 1281).
The Althing was suspended in 1799, and re-established in 1845 as an advisory body of the Danish king and from 1874 as a legislative body.
The legislative body of the modern Republic of Iceland (since 1944) is again known as Althing.
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