The legal system of Burkina Faso is classified as a civil law system, based on French civil law. 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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Source Constitution of Burkina Faso (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Africa, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Burkina Faso, found in there.
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1. List of national legal systems (Wikipedia)
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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: French Civil Law Tradition, country row: Based on the French civil law
In Legal Family: Civil Law, Section: Civil law
Burkina Faso
View the SourceConstitution of Burkina Faso (Wikipedia)
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The Constitution of Burkina Faso was approved by referendum on 2 June 1991, formal
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