Tonga's legal system is based on English common 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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Example Jurisdictions Connections
In Legal Family
Source List of national legal systems (Wikipedia)
Includes
Source Constitution of Tonga (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Australia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Tonga, found in there.
Sources
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 Legal Family: Common Law, Section: Common law
Tonga
View the SourceConstitution of Tonga (Wikipedia)
Includes: Constitution of Tonga, Lead sectionQuote, Includes: Constitution of Tonga, Lead section
The Constitution of Tonga is supreme law under which the Government of Tonga operates.
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