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==Implication and importance of the Code==
The final Danish Code is first and foremost based on earlier Danish legislative work. [[Roman law]], which held great influence in Europe outside Scandinavia at the time, can only be traced in a few places.<ref>Stig Iuul, 1954, p. 72.</ref> This fits well with the main purpose, which since the Third Law Committee was to compile already existing laws into a more useful format. Thus, the Danish Code only treated new areas to a limited extent.
The enactment of the Danish law is a milestone in the history of law in Denmark and even in Northern Europe, being notable in the evolution of the Danish legal system from medieval law to the modern legal system.
The codification of Danish law had the purpose of establishing royal prestige by Frederick III and Christian V.
It outlawed [[Crime against nature|crimes against nature]] ({{lang-da|omgængelse mod naturen}}), a collective term for a group of sexual acts including [[sodomy]] and [[bestiality]]; the prescribed punishment was that of [[burning at the stake]].<ref>''"Omgængelse, som er imod Naturen, straffis med Baal og Brand."'' {{cite book |url=https://www.kb.dk/e-mat/dod/130018773911-color.pdf |title=Kong Christian Den Femtis Danske Lov. Sjette Bog: Om Misgierninger, XIII. Kapitel: Om Løsagtighed, 15. Artikel |year=1683 |location=Copenhagen |language=da |trans-title=King Christian V's Danish Code. Book 6: On misdeeds, chapter 3: On promiscuity, article 15.}}</ref>▼
It was partly addressed at regarding economic development and centralisation in Denmark, by creation of a more encompassing single, authorized statutory text. The Danish judicial area was previously divided into [[Jutland]] and [[Zealand]].
Later professors of law and history, notably [[Anders Sandøe Ørsted]] and [[Edvard Holm]], have commented that the Danish Code was one particularly positive aspect of the absolute monarchy, although [[Stig Iuul]] holds that earlier legislation deserves the credit because the Danish Code is mostly a compilation.<ref>Stig Iuul, 1954, p. 7</ref>▼
Specifically, the contradiction between what most tend to call the ‘civil’ and ‘commercial’ or ‘private’ law represented by [[Scanian Law]] and the law of the [[Jyske Lov]] was instead resolved by the enactment of the Danish Law under the rule of [[Christian V]].
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The English envoy to Denmark at the time, [[Robert Molesworth, 1st Viscount Molesworth|Robert Molesworth]], praises the Danish Code in his otherwise highly negative text, ''An account of Denmark as it was in the year 1692''. He states that in justice, brevity and clarity, the Code surpasses all other legal texts he knows of. It is so clear and simple to understand, that any literate person can understand his case and is able to represent himself in Court if he so wishes.▼
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▲The English envoy to Denmark at the time, [[Robert Molesworth, 1st Viscount Molesworth|Robert Molesworth]], praises the Danish Code in his otherwise highly negative text, ''An account of Denmark as it was in the year 1692''. He states that in justice, brevity and clarity, the
In later centuries, the law was subject to amendments and attempts at scholarly systematisations but was not treated as an all-encompassing, single universal ‘system’ or ‘source’ of law. Over time, it was not replaced, and its significance weakened, but certain of its provision are still relevant and invoked in judicial decisions.
==References==
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