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Law of Bosnia and Herzegovina

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The legal system of Bosnia and Herzegovina is classified as a civil law system, influenced by Austrian law. 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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Mirsad Ceman, Jurists
Source Mirsad Ćeman (Wikipedia)
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1. List of national legal systems (Wikipedia)
  • Introduction, jurisdictions using it
    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: German Civil Law Tradition, opening list, German civil law bullet: Bosnia and Herzegovina named directly
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Mirsad Ćeman (Wikipedia)
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Mirsad Ćeman (born 1955 in Miljanovci, Tešanj) is a Bosnian lawyer, politician and chief judge of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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