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Law of Montenegro

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Montenegro's legal system is based on Napoleonic and German civil law. Its first civil code was the General Property Code for the Principality of Montenegro of 1888, written by Valtazar Bogisic, and its present civil law is embodied in the Law on Obligations of 2008. 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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Constitution of Montenegro, Codes
Source Constitution of Montenegro (Wikipedia)
Ivana Jelić, Jurists
Source European Court of Human Rights: Composition of the Court
Supreme Court of Montenegro, Courts
Source Judicial system in Montenegro, Law and Justice Review, December 2016
Additional Source World Factbook archive, Montenegro profileGovernment, legal system, legal system of Montenegro
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1. List of national legal systems (Wikipedia)
  • Introduction, jurisdictions using it
    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.
  • In Group: German Civil Law Tradition, opening list, German civil law bullet: Montenegro named directly
  • In Legal Family: Civil Law, Section: Civil law
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European Court of Human Rights: Composition of the Court
European Court of Human RightsIncludes: Ivana Jelić, Judges of the Court, state
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Ivana Jelić Vice-President Section President Montenegro
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Constitution of Montenegro (Wikipedia)
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The current Constitution of Montenegro was ratified and adopted by the Constitutional Pa
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World Factbook archive, Montenegro profile
Includes: Supreme Court of Montenegro, Government, legal system, legal system of Montenegro
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civil law
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Judicial system in Montenegro, Law and Justice Review, December 2016
Includes: Supreme Court of Montenegro, Introduction, continental European legal tradition
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The legal system in Montenegro is associated with the continental
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