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Encyclopedia > Corpus juris

The legal term Corpus Juris means "body of law". It was originally used by the Romans for several of their collections of all the laws in a certain field. Later the term was used for collections of laws in the US, as in Corpus Juris Secundum.


The term has been revived by the European Union for a set of laws applicable throughout that political entity.


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Corpus Juris: Introduction (1290 words)
Francesco de Angelis, launched a new study based on previous "Corpus Juris" studies related to the combating of fraud against the Community budget.
The goals of this analysis are to verify the level of adoption of the 'acquis communautaire' in the field of the protection of financial interests of the European Union and to examine the compatibility of the legal provisions already existing or nearing adoption with the legal model provided by the " Corpus Juris ".
One idea of the first Corpus Juris in 1997 was to provoke a general debate on the place of criminal law in the European Union though its main focus was to develop in the Member States a better system for combating EU fraud.
EuroFAQ - Corpus Juris (1074 words)
Corpus Juris is not as Stephen Woodward and others would have it merely the meanderings of a few demented academics or the work of extremists, although these are the most extreme legislative proposals promulgated in Europe since the Nuremberg Laws first saw the light of day.
Corpus Juris is where the gloves come off the European Union - it will no longer be in Brussels and Luxembourg but at the door, with an automatic weapon and the safety catch off.
The heart of Corpus Juris is the provision for detention without trial initially for up to six months, renewable for three months at a time, again and again, without limit of time.
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