法体系(ほうたいけい)

ほうたいけい
noun
legal system; body of law
legallaw
1. legal system; body of law
The organized, interrelated whole formed by a country's laws — the way its statutes, codes, and regulations fit together as a structured system.
日本(にほん)の法体系(ほうたいけい)を学(まな)ぶ。
to study Japan's legal system.
国(くに)によって法体系(ほうたいけい)は大(おお)きく異(こと)なる。
Legal systems differ greatly from country to country.
新(あたら)しい技術(ぎじゅつ)の登場(とうじょう)で、既存(きそん)の法体系(ほうたいけい)では対応(たいおう)しきれない問題(もんだい)が増(ふ)えている。
With the emergence of new technologies, problems that the existing legal system cannot fully handle are increasing.

Composed of 法(ほう) (law) + 体系(たいけい) (system, organized structure). Refers to a body of law viewed as a coherent, interconnected whole rather than as individual statutes.

Common collocations

  • 法体系(ほうたいけい)を整(ととの)える: to put a legal system in order
  • 既存(きそん)の法体系(ほうたいけい): the existing legal system
  • 大陸法(たいりくほう)系(けい)の法体系(ほうたいけい): a civil-law-based legal system

Similar words

  • 法制度(ほうせいど): legal system (as institutions and their workings) — overlaps closely, but emphasizes the institutional side
  • 六法(ろっぽう): the Six Codes — the core statutes at the center of Japan's legal system

Related Words

Compare: 六法(ろっぽう) (the Six Codes)
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Added 2026.7.24 21:17 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02
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