Kamakura Shogunate Law

Japanese: 鎌倉幕府法 - かまくらばくふほう

…Then, at the end of the 12th century, a samurai government called the Kamakura Shogunate was established, formally as a branch of the imperial state, with its main base in the eastern part of the country. It developed rapidly, and a new legal system was formed to support the Kamakura Shogunate, combining the legal customs specific to samurai society that had been created during the long history of growth of samurai groups with some court noble law and honjo law. This is called the Kamakura Shogunate Law. When the Muromachi Shogunate was established in the 14th century, the previous law was inherited by this Shogunate and underwent new developments. …

From the Samurai Law

… At the end of the 12th century, when the Kamakura Shogunate was born, which organized these warrior groups, a new legal system was formed as national law, partially absorbing the legal customs of the warrior society and the court nobility law and honjo law, which were the legal systems that supported the imperial state. This was the Kamakura Shogunate Law, and the Goseibai Shikimoku was enacted as its basic law. The Goseibai Shikimoku was enacted with the awareness that it was the national law of the warrior government, and various pieces of legislation were enacted to create a new national system under the influence of the court nobility law, but the basis of this legislation was the “customs of warriors and private law” that had been formed in the warrior society, and based on these, many of the laws were revised, confirmed, and supplemented in a way that made them more concrete as codified law in response to reality. …

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the "Kamakura Shogunate Law" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ついで12世紀の末，鎌倉幕府とよばれる武士の政権が，形式的には王朝国家の分肢として，東国を主要な基盤として成立し，急速な発展をとげると，武士団体の長い成長の歴史の中で生み出された武士社会固有の法慣習に，公家法･本所法を部分的にまじえて，鎌倉幕府を支える新しい法体系が形成された。これを鎌倉幕府法とよぶ。さらに14世紀に室町幕府が成立すると，前代の法はこの幕府に引きつがれて，新たな発展をとげた。…

【武家法】より

…　12世紀の末，これら武士団を組織した鎌倉幕府が生まれると，これら武士社会の法慣習に，王朝国家を支える法体系である公家法，本所法を部分的に吸収した新しい国家法としての法体系が形成された。これが鎌倉幕府法であり，その基本法として制定されたのが《御成敗式目》である。《御成敗式目》は武家政権の国家法としての自覚のもとに制定され，公家法の影響下に新しい国家体制をつくる諸立法がみられるが，その立法の基底には，武家社会で形成されていた〈武士の習，民間の法〉が存在し，これらを前提に，現実に対応して，成文法としてより具体化するかたちで，修正･確認さらには補充が行われたものが多くみられる。…

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