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Law of Montenegro

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Montenegro's legal system is based on Napoleonic and German civil law. Its first civil code was the General Property Code for the Principality of Montenegro of 1888, written by Valtazar Bogisic, and its present civil law is embodied in the Law on Obligations of 2008. 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.
  • In Group: German Civil Law Tradition, opening list, German civil law bullet: Montenegro named directly
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