Customary Law and Codification
The modern codification of civil law developed from the tradition of medieval customaries, collections of customary law that developed in particular communities, slowly gathered, and later written down by local jurists. Customaries acquired the force of law when they became the undisputed rule by which certain rights, entitlements, and obligations were regulated between members of a community. The Coutume de Paris - a major collection of the laws of the city of Paris - is an example.
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