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Peruvian law belongs to the Roman-Germanic tradition, giving primary weight to written statutes known as leyes over judicial precedent. Peru operates under the Constitution of December 31, 1993, with Congress enacting laws and decrees published in the official gazette El Peruano. Its core codes now in force are the Civil Code of 1984, the Penal Code of 1991, and the Code of Criminal Procedure of 2004, applied through a judicial hierarchy running from the Supreme Court down through Superior Courts, Courts of First Instance, and Courts of Peace.

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1836 1
Law of Peru
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Source Central Intelligence Agency: Peru, The World Factbook (factbook.json archive copy)
Carlos Giusti, Jurists
Source Carlos Giusti, Wikipedia
Cesar Landa, Jurists
Source Wikidata: Cesar Landa
Source Constitutional Court of Peru (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: Diego Garcia-Sayan
Source Wikidata: Jose Bustamante y Rivero
Additional Source Jose Luis Bustamante y Rivero (Wikipedia)Wikipedia lead sentence
Source Wikidata: Luz del Carmen Ibáñez Carranza
Additional Source Luz del Carmen Ibáñez Carranza (Wikipedia)Lead, first sentence
Source Patricia Benavides, Wikipedia
Source Wikidata: Zoraida Ávalos
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1. Law of Peru (Wikipedia)
The law of Peru is part of the Roman-Germanic traditionView the Source
Wikidata: Zoraida Ávalos
Includes: Zoraida Ávalos, Zoraida Ávalos Rivera (born 14 June 1956) is a Peruvian jurist who served as the country's Attorney General of Peru from 8 January 2019 to 30 March 2022.View the Source
Wikidata: Cesar Landa
Includes: Cesar Landa, César Rodrigo Landa Arroyo (born 15 June 1958) is a Peruvian professor and politician.View the Source
Wikidata: Diego Garcia-Sayan
Includes: Diego García-Sayán, Diego García-Sayán Larrabure (born August 2, 1950) is a Peruvian lawyer and former Foreign Affairs Minister of Perú.View the Source
List of national legal systems (Wikipedia)
In Group: French Civil Law Tradition, opening list: former Spanish colony, Latin America groupView the Source
Central Intelligence Agency: Peru, The World Factbook (factbook.json archive copy)
Central Intelligence AgencyIncludes: Barrios Altos v Peru, Government, Legal system
Quote, Includes: Barrios Altos v Peru, Government, Legal system
civil law system
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Patricia Benavides, Wikipedia
Includes: Patricia Benavides, Wikipedia lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Patricia Benavides, Wikipedia lead sentence
is a Peruvian lawyer
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Carlos Giusti, Wikipedia
Includes: Carlos Giusti, Wikipedia lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Carlos Giusti, Wikipedia lead sentence
was a Peruvian magistrate who served as president of t
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Constitutional Court of Peru (Wikipedia)
Includes: Constitutional Court of Peru, Lead (country)
Quote, Includes: Constitutional Court of Peru, Lead (country)
The Peruvian Constitutional Court or Constitutional Tribunal is an independent constitutional agency of Peru that was established in the 1993 Constitution of Peru that was created during the government of Alberto Fujimori.
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Jose Luis Bustamante y Rivero (Wikipedia)
Includes: Jose Luis Bustamante y Rivero, Wikipedia lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Jose Luis Bustamante y Rivero, Wikipedia lead sentence
was a Peruvian lawyer
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Luz del Carmen Ibáñez Carranza (Wikipedia)
Includes: Luz del Carmen Ibáñez Carranza, Lead, first sentence
Quote, Includes: Luz del Carmen Ibáñez Carranza, Lead, first sentence
Luz del Carmen Ibáñez Carranza (born 15 July 1955 in Trujillo) is a Peruvian jurist and judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands.
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