The legal system of Uruguay belongs to the Continental Law tradition. Public law rests on the 1967 Constitution as amended in 1989, 1994, 1996, and 2004, under a democratic republic with separated executive, legislative, and judicial powers. Private relationships are governed by the Civil Code of Uruguay, published in 1868 through the work of Tristan Narvaja and drawing on Roman law, Spanish legislation, and canon law, while private international law today combines Hague Conference and Mercosur treaties with the General Law on Private International Law of Uruguay.
Facts
Example Jurisdictions Primary Source of LawContinental (civil) law 2 Classification
Legal Family Law of Uruguay
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Connections
In Legal Family
Entity-backed identity for the legal family value this legal-system already carries as an enum fact, resolved to a legal-system entity by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The enum fact itself stays on the entity unchanged.
In Legal System
Family classification carried over from this entity's own recorded SubLabel (Civil Law Family), assigned under the section-legal-systems structure wave (ruling 761) using the CIA World Factbook / JuriGlobe comparative-law family classification (system.Atlas.DataBrief, law). This edge materializes that existing classification as a connective fact; it is not a new independent research finding.
Includes
Source Graciela Gatti Santana - Wikipedia
Source Wikidata: Hector Gros Espiell
Source Jorge Chediak (Wikipedia)
Source Leslie van Rompaey, Wikipedia
Source Rafael Addiego Bruno (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: Ricardo Pérez Manrique
Source Uruguayan Civil Code (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: South America, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Uruguay, found in there.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Law of Uruguay
The legal system of Uruguay belongs to the Continental Law traditionView the Source 2. Law of Uruguay - Wikipedia
Constitution section
The basis for its public law is the 1967 Constitution, amended in 1989, 1994, 1996, and 2004.
Lead section
The legal system of Uruguay belongs to the Continental Law tradition.
Introduction, jurisdictions using it
The legal system of Uruguay belongs to the Continental Law tradition.
View the SourceList of national legal systems (Wikipedia)
In Group: French Civil Law Tradition, opening list: former Spanish colony, Latin America groupView the Source Leslie van Rompaey, Wikipedia
Includes: Leslie van Rompaey, Wikipedia lead sentenceQuote, Includes: Leslie van Rompaey, Wikipedia lead sentence
is a Uruguayan lawyer and former judge
Graciela Gatti Santana - Wikipedia
Includes: Graciela Gatti Santana, Wikipedia lead sentenceQuote, Includes: Graciela Gatti Santana, Wikipedia lead sentence
is a Uruguayan judge who has served as a judge of the
Wikidata: Hector Gros Espiell
Includes: Hector Gros Espiell, Wikipedia lead sentenceQuote, Includes: Hector Gros Espiell, Wikipedia lead sentence
was a Uruguayan jurist
Jorge Chediak (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Jorge Chediak, Wikipedia lead sentenceQuote, Includes: Jorge Chediak, Wikipedia lead sentence
is a Uruguayan lawyer and judge
Rafael Addiego Bruno (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Rafael Addiego Bruno, Wikipedia lead sentenceQuote, Includes: Rafael Addiego Bruno, Wikipedia lead sentence
was a Uruguayan jurist and political figure
Wikidata: Ricardo Pérez Manrique
Includes: Ricardo Perez Manrique, Wikipedia lead sentenceQuote, Includes: Ricardo Perez Manrique, Wikipedia lead sentence
is a Uruguayan lawyer and judge who has been serving a
Uruguayan Civil Code (Wikipedia)
Includes: Uruguayan Civil Code, Wikipedia lead paragraphQuote, Includes: Uruguayan Civil Code, Wikipedia lead paragraph
Oriental del Uruguay) is a systematic collection of Uruguayan laws designed to comprehensively deal with the co
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