Legal Systems
Law of Mexico
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Mexican law rests on the Constitution of Mexico and follows the civil law tradition.
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Origin YearSourced to the subject's own account Example Jurisdictions Primary Source of LawThe Constitution of Mexico as fundamental law, followed in hierarchy by federal legislation, regulations and custom. 2 Cross-Tradition Connections
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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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1. Constitution of Mexico (Wikipedia)
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It was approved by the Constituent Congress on 5 February 1917, and was later amended several times.
2. Law of Mexico (Wikipedia)
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The hierarchy of sources of law can be viewed as the constitution, legislation, regulations, and then custom.
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