The Alfonsine Ordinances were a complete restatement of Portuguese law, enacted in 1446 or 1447 during the reign of the Portuguese King Afonso V.
Núcleo Antigo Códice 14, book V, folio 1 (recto)
Folio 1r of codex Núcleo Antigo Códice 4 containing the beginning of book 1
Front matter of the 1792 edition of the Alfonsine Ordinances stored in the Bavarian State Library
The Law of Portugal is part of the family of what in English-speaking countries are sometimes called the "civil law" legal systems, referring to legal systems that developed at least in conversation o
Alfonsine Ordinances
…The Alfonsine Ordinances (Portuguese: Ordenações Afonsinas) were a complete restatement of Portuguese law, enacted in 1446 or 1447 during the reign of the Portuguese King Afonso V (r. 1438–1477). The five books of the Ordinances were the first codification…
Allegory of law, at the Palace of Justice of Lisbon [pt]
The seat of the Supreme Court of Justice at Terreiro do Paço square, Lisbon.
The seat of the Portuguese Legislature in Lisbon.
The Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra, at the University Yard.