Mozambique's law is based on Portuguese civil law, according to the comparative table in the Wikipedia article List of national legal systems. 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.
- In Group: German Civil Law Tradition, opening list, German civil law bullet: Portugal and its former colonies
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Mozambique
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is a Mozambican lawyer
Constitution of Mozambique (Wikipedia)
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The Constitution of Mozambique is the basic law governing Mozambique. The curren
World Factbook archive, Mozambique profile
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mixed system of Portuguese civil law and customary law
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