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Law of the Dominican Republic

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The law of the Dominican Republic is a civil law system in which enacted legislation is the primary source of law, organized in a hierarchy topped by the Constitution and followed by statutes, executive decrees, administrative regulations, and local ordinances. Its Civil Code and Commercial Code, both descended from the Napoleonic Code, remain the foundational texts of private law. 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 the Dominican Republic, Codes
Source Wikidata: Constitution of the Dominican Republic
Additional Source Constitution of the Dominican Republic (Wikipedia)Infobox: jurisdiction
Supreme Court of Justice of the Dominican Republic, Courts
Source Central Intelligence Agency: The Dominican, The World Factbook (factbook.json archive copy)
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Source Law of the Dominican Republic (Wikipedia)
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1. Law of the Dominican Republic (Wikipedia)
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The Law of the Dominican Republic is somewhat complex.
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List of national legal systems (Wikipedia)
  • In Group: French Civil Law Tradition, country row: Based on the Napoleonic Code
  • In Legal Family: Civil Law, Section: Civil law
    Dominican Republic
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Constitution of the Dominican Republic (Wikipedia)
Includes: Constitution of the Dominican Republic, Infobox: jurisdiction
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Dominican Republic
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Central Intelligence Agency: The Dominican, The World Factbook (factbook.json archive copy)
Central Intelligence AgencyIncludes: Supreme Court of Justice of the Dominican Republic, Government, legal system
Quote, Includes: Supreme Court of Justice of the Dominican Republic, Government, legal system
civil law system based on the French civil code;
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