As the country was a republic of the Soviet Union until 1991, its legal history has also been influenced heavily by socialist law.

American states, which were influenced by British common law, do not have a statute of limitations on murder.

Well,' he said, 'the men who wrote the Constitution were influenced by European law.

They are influenced by Roman law, ecclesiastical law, and earlier tribal customs.

The early law of Japan is believed to be heavily influenced by Chinese law.

But it adopted the non-Roman jury system as the main form of evidence evaluation, thus remaining less influenced by Roman law than continental systems.

In this way, Scots law was heavily influenced by Roman law from the 15th century.

Portuguese law is itself highly influenced by German law.

The laws of Thailand are based on the civil law, but have been influenced by common law (see also world legal systems).

But the development of one Jewish food was influenced by religious law.