The legal system of Venezuela belongs to the Continental Law tradition. The 1999 Constitution replaced the traditional three branch government with a five branch structure, adding electoral and citizens branches alongside the executive, legislative, and judicial branches. Venezuela was the first country in the world to abolish capital punishment for all crimes, doing so in 1863, and its criminal procedure has since moved from the 1926 Code of Criminal Proceedings to the 1998 Organic Code of Criminal Procedure.
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The legal system of Venezuela belongs to the Continental Law traditionView the Source 2. Law of Venezuela - Wikipedia
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The basis for its public law is the 1999 Constitution.
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The legal system of Venezuela belongs to the Continental Law tradition.
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The legal system of Venezuela belongs to the Continental Law tradition.
View the SourceWikidata: Luisa Estella Morales
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Includes: Caryslia Rodríguez, Caryslia Beatriz Rodríguez Rodríguez (born 1960) is a Venezuelan attorney, politician and judge who was named by Nicolás Maduro as president of Venezuela's Supreme Tribunal of Justice (TSJ) in...View the Source List of national legal systems (Wikipedia)
In Group: French Civil Law Tradition, country row: Based on Napoleonic civil lawView the Source Gonzalo Parra-Aranguren (Wikipedia)
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Andrés Aguilar Mawdsley (Wikipedia)
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Andrés Aguilar Mawdsley (10 July 1924-24 October 1995) was a Venezuelan lawyer and diplomat.
Constitute Project text of the 2009 Constitution of Venezuela
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The justices of the Supreme Tribunal of Justice shall be elected for a single term of 12 years.
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