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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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Law of Mozambique
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Constitution of Mozambique

Law of Mozambique
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Source List of national legal systems (Wikipedia)

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Beatriz Buchili, Jurists
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Constitution of Mozambique, Codes
Source Constitution of Mozambique (Wikipedia)
Supreme Court of Mozambique, Courts
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Source List of national legal systems (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: Portugal and its former colonies
  • In Legal Family: Civil Law, Section: Civil law
    Mozambique
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Beatriz Buchili - Wikipedia
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is a Mozambican lawyer
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Constitution of Mozambique (Wikipedia)
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The Constitution of Mozambique is the basic law governing Mozambique. The curren
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World Factbook archive, Mozambique profile
Includes: Supreme Court of Mozambique, Government, legal system, legal system of Mozambique
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mixed system of Portuguese civil law and customary law
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