Law of Kalmar Union

The law of Kalmar Union is a civil law system, whose essence is manifested in its dependence on statutory law. Union's civil law tradition, as in the rest of Europe, is founded on classical Roman law, but on the German (rather than Napoleonic) model. But, over time the Scandinavian countries that later joined in Kalmar Union have deviated significantly from the classical Roman and German model. Instead, Kalmar Union may be said to have a special Nordic version of jurisprudence that is neither a truly civil law system nor a part of the British derived common law legal system.