The Yajnavalkya Smriti organises law into conduct, procedure and penance, and its procedural section treats courts, evidence and witnesses, debt, contract, partnership and inheritance as a working legal system.
Yajnavalkya Smriti
Commentary: Mitakshara of Vijnaneshvara
Date disputed · disputed · disputed
Attribution is traditional; the commentaries are much later
Unknown or disputed.
Law and jurisprudence — Dharmashastra and Vyavahara. Procedure, evidence and witnesses, contract, debt, partnership, inheritance, and the judge’s duty.
Evidence: traditionally attributed · no modern scholarly reference recorded yet.