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Mixed and Pluralist Legal Systems of Africa

Legal systems of African states that combine received European law with customary and religious law, such as Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, Rwanda and Liberia, and the general accounts of law in Africa. A legal system belongs here when its cited article describes the law of an African state or of Africa as pluralist or mixed. It excludes the common law states of Africa, which sit in the common law group.

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Mixed and Pluralist Legal Systems of Africa
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Law in Africa (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Law in Africa, Introduction, sentence 1
Quote, Has Member: Law in Africa, Introduction, sentence 1
Africa's fifty-six sovereign states range widely in their history and structure, and their laws are variously defined by customary law, religious law, common law, Western civil law, other legal traditions, and combinations thereof.
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Central Intelligence Agency: Sudan, The World Factbook (factbook.json archive copy)
Central Intelligence Agency
  • Has Member: Law of Sudan, Government, Legal system
    mixed system of Islamic law and English common law
  • Has Member: Legal system of Sudan, Government, Legal system
    mixed system of Islamic law and English common law
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Central Intelligence Agency: Somalia, The World Factbook (factbook.json archive copy)
Central Intelligence AgencyHas Member: Law of Somalia, Government, Legal system
Quote, Has Member: Law of Somalia, Government, Legal system
mixed system of civil law, Islamic (sharia) law, and customary law (referred to as Xeer)
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CIA World Factbook: The World Factbook: Legal system
CIA World FactbookHas Member: Law of Rwanda, Government, Legal system
Quote, Has Member: Law of Rwanda, Government, Legal system
mixed system of civil law, based on German and Belgian models, and customary law; Supreme Court reviews legislative acts
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CIA World Factbook: The World Factbook: Legal system
CIA World FactbookHas Member: Law of Liberia, Government, Legal system
Quote, Has Member: Law of Liberia, Government, Legal system
mixed system of common law, based on Anglo-American law and customary law
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