The legal system of the Central African Republic is classified as a civil law system, based on the French civil law system. 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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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.
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The Constitution of the Central African Republic (French: Constitution de la République centrafricaine) was approved by referendum on December 15, 2015 and formally adopted on March 27, 2016.
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