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Law of Mozambique

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Mozambique's law is based on Portuguese civil law, according to the comparative table in the Wikipedia article List of national legal systems. 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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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: Portugal and its former colonies
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