Latvian law is largely a civil law system, as opposed to a common law one, built on epitomes of the German and French legal systems and carrying some remaining traces of Soviet era socialist practice. It is grounded in the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia and safeguarded by the Constitutional Court, and it has treated European Union law as a core component since the accession of Latvia to the European Union on May 1, 2004, following the earlier period of Soviet law during the occupation of the Baltic states.
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Source Wikidata: Anita Ušacka
Source European Court of Human Rights: Composition of the Court
Source Ineta Ziemele (Wikipedia)
Source Peteris Stucka (Wikipedia)
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1. Wikipedia: Law of Latvia
It is largely civil, as opposed to a common, law system with traces of socialist traditionsView the Source Wikidata: Anita Ušacka
Includes: Anita Usacka, Anita Ušacka (born 26 April 1952) is a Latvian and international judge and legal academic.View the Source List of national legal systems (Wikipedia)
In Group: German Civil Law Tradition, opening list, German civil law bullet: Latvia named directlyView the Source European Court of Human Rights: Composition of the Court
European Court of Human RightsIncludes: Artūrs Kučs, Judges of the Court, stateQuote, Includes: Artūrs Kučs, Judges of the Court, state
Artūrs Kučs Judge Latvia
Ineta Ziemele (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Ineta Ziemele, Wikipedia lead sentenceQuote, Includes: Ineta Ziemele, Wikipedia lead sentence
is a Latvian jurist and judge
Peteris Stucka (Wikipedia)
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Pēteris Stučka, sometimes Russified to Pyotr Stuchka; (26 July [O.S. 14 July] 1865-25 January 1932), was a Latvian jurist and communist politician, leader of the pro-Bolshevik puppet government in Latvia during the 1918-1920 Latvian War of Independence, and later a statesman in the Soviet Union.
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