The legal system of Georgia is classified as a civil law system, based on the Napoleonic Civil Code. As in other civil law jurisdictions, its primary source of law is codified legislation rather than binding judicial precedent. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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The contemporary national legal systems are generally based on one of four major legal traditions: civil law, common law, customary law, religious law or combinations of these.
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Georgia
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Lado Chanturia Section President Georgia
Eka Tkeshelashvili - Wikipedia
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Ekaterine "Eka" Tkeshelashvili (Georgian: ეკატერინე "ეკა" ტყეშელაშვილი; born 23 May 1977) is a Georgian jurist and politician, formerly serving as Minister of Justice, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Secretary of the National Security Council, and Deputy Prime Minister and State Minister for Reintegration of Georgia under President
Nino Kadagidze - Wikipedia
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Nino Kadagidze (Georgian: ნინო ქადაგიძე; born 30 July 1969) is a Georgian lawyer and judge.
Georgia, Judiciaries Worldwide country profile, Federal Judicial Center
Includes: Supreme Court of Georgia, Country profile, civil law systemQuote, Includes: Supreme Court of Georgia, Country profile, civil law system
Georgia is a democratic republic with a civil law system.
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