成文法

• 読み: せいぶんほう
• ローマ字: seibunhō
• 漢字の分解: 成 (sei/na) — to form, complete; 文 (bun/fumi) — writing, text; 法 (hō) — law
• 発音: /seː.bɯɴ.hoː/

意味

Statute law; written law; codified law. Law that has been formally enacted and recorded in writing, as opposed to common law or customary law.

Used in contrast to 不文法 (fubunhō, unwritten law) and 慣習法 (kanshūhō, customary law). 成文法 encompasses constitutions, statutes, and ordinances — any law reduced to written form through an official legislative process. An essential concept in jurisprudence and comparative law studies.

例文

1. 日本の法体系は成文法を中心に構成されている。
2. 成文法は条文として明記されるため、解釈の基準が明確だ。
3. 英国の法制度は成文法と慣習法の両方に依拠している。

使い方ガイド

場面: law, politics, academia, jurisprudence

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Compound of 成 (to form, complete), 文 (writing, text), and 法 (law). Literally means law that has been put into written form.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: Academic/Legal professionals

社会的背景: Universal