A doctor of both laws (from the Latin , , or , "doctor of both laws"; abbreviations include: JUD, IUD, DUJ, JUDr., DUI, DJU, Dr.iur.utr., Dr.jur.utr., DIU, UJD and UID) is a scholar who has acquired a doctorate in both civil and church law. The degree was common among Roman Catholic and German scholarsGottfried Leibniz held the degree. Armgardt, Matthias. Leibniz as a legal scholar. Fundamina (Pretoria) vol.20 n.1 Pretoria Jan. 2014. Accessed 7 May 2016. of the Middle Ages and early modern times.

Today, the degree is awarded by the Pontifical Lateran University after a period of six years of study, the University of Würzburg, the University of Fribourg, and the University of Cologne.Promotionsordnung der Rechtswissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität zu Köln vom 26. Oktober 2010 §1 II The Catholic University of America does not award the as a single degree, but instead offers a dual doctorate in canon and civil law.

Between approximately the twelfth through the eighteenth centuries, European students of law mastered the Ius commune, a pan-European legal system that held sway during that span. It was composed of canon (church) law and Roman and feudal (civil) law, resulting in the degree of "Doctor of both laws".Pennington, Kenneth. Course Description: Roman Law and the Ius Commune or of "Licentiatus of both laws".

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See also Doctor of Canon Law Legum Doctor

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