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Law of Brazil
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Brazilian law rests on statutes, and more recently on a mechanism called sumulas vinculantes, binding precedents issued by the country's highest courts. The system derives mainly from European civil law, chiefly the Portuguese, Napoleonic French and German traditions.
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Example Jurisdictions Primary Source of LawStatutes under the 1988 Constitution of Brazil, supplemented since 2004 by binding precedents called sumulas vinculantes. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
In Legal System
Family classification carried over from this entity's own recorded SubLabel (Civil Law Family), assigned under the section-legal-systems structure wave (ruling 761) using the CIA World Factbook / JuriGlobe comparative-law family classification (system.Atlas.DataBrief, law). This edge materializes that existing classification as a connective fact; it is not a new independent research finding.
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Brazil data protection statute, within the Brazilian civil law system.
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1. Brazilian Law (Wikipedia)
WikipediaWikipedia, Brazilian law, Constitution of Brazil sectionQuote, Wikipedia, Brazilian law, Constitution of Brazil section
The current Constitution of Brazil, created on October 5, 1988, is the supreme law of the country.
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Rene David and John E.C. Brierley, Stevens and Sons, 1985Includes: General Data Protection Law (LGPD, Brazil)
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