Ancient Greek law consists of the laws and legal institutions of Ancient Greece. Scholars in the discipline of comparative law have compared Greek law with both  Roman law and with the primitive institutions of the Germanic nations. It may now be studied in its earlier stages in the laws of Gortyn; its influence may be traced in legal documents preserved in Egyptian papyri; and it may be recognized as a consistent whole in its ultimate relations to Roman law in the eastern provinces of the Roman empire.