The legal system of Benin is classified as a civil law system, based on the Napoleonic Civil Code. As in other civil law jurisdictions, its primary source of law is codified legislation rather than binding judicial precedent. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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- Also in Geography Atlas: Benin, found in there.
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1. List of national legal systems (Wikipedia)
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The contemporary national legal systems are generally based on one of four major legal traditions: civil law, common law, customary law, religious law or combinations of these.
- In Group: French Civil Law Tradition, country row: Based on Napoleonic Civil law
View the SourceConceptia Ouinsou (Wikipedia)
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was a Beninese lawyer
Reine Alapini-Gansou (Wikipedia)
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is a Beninese jurist who has been a judge of the Inte
Constitution of Benin (Wikipedia)
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The Constitution of Benin was adopted by referendum on 23 December 1956. Th
Joseph Djogbenou (Wikipedia)
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Joseph Fifamè Djogbénou (born 20 March 1969), is a Beninese politician, lawyer and academic who is the current President of the National Assembly as well as the president of the Progressive Union for Renewal party.
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