Secondly, the emperor was bound by the law code: he could not change it nor abolish it.

Each new dynasty developed a new law code, usually changing only details of the punishment, not the basic regulations.

Although banned by the Italian civil law code, Italian banks have been using compound interest for over 50 years, Adusbef said.

While Mursi has promised to protect freedoms, his campaign was also peppered with promises to implement sharia, the Islamic law code.

Returning to their own land, the exiles took back with them the law code which the priests had manufactured for them.

But certainly Justinian contrived to strike into history as no other Byzantine emperor did; with his law code, and with his church.

The Uniform Code of Military Justice, the unique law code that governs the armed forces, does not allow a guilty plea to a capital charge.

Experts say civil law codes make judges reluctant to overrule contractual agreements, such as a sales deal.

I suppose a part of it is how much time I spend wrestling with legal briefs and law codes.

"The imperial law code forbids the application of collective guilt-

Law codes were associated with their names, and even miracles, when politics joined the forces of magic and religion (often playing one against the other).