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Law of Eswatini

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Eswatini's law is based on South African law: a 1907 proclamation by the High Commissioner for Southern Africa applied the Roman Dutch common law of the Transvaal Colony, by then part of South Africa, to the Swaziland Protectorate, the territory that became Eswatini. 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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Bheki Maphalala, Jurists
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Constitution of Eswatini, Codes
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Supreme Court of Eswatini, Courts
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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: Civil and Common Law Hybrid Systems, Civil law and common law table: Eswatini row
  • In Legal Family: Mixed Systems, Section: Civil law and common law
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Bheki Maphalala (Wikipedia)
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Bheki Maphalala (died 10 September 2026) was a Swazi jurist and lawyer who served as Chief Justice of Eswatini from 2015 until his death in 2026.
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Constitution of Eswatini (Wikipedia)
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Eswatini
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World Factbook archive, Eswatini profile
Includes: Supreme Court of Eswatini, Government, legal system, legal system of Eswatini
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mixed system of civil, common, and customary law
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