The law of Panama rests on civil law, shaped by the Spanish legal tradition and Roman law. After independence the system initially relied on Colombian legal codes, and Panama adopted its own first codes in 1917 following the pattern common across Latin America. Its legal framework also carries Anglo-American features: habeas corpus, an Anglo-American procedural safeguard rare in Latin American codes, is constitutionally guaranteed, and judicial precedent has gained some acceptance even though judges traditionally kept limited discretion in procedural matters. 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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In Legal Family
Entity-backed identity for the legal family value this legal-system already carries as an enum fact, resolved to a legal-system entity by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The enum fact itself stays on the entity unchanged.
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Source Ana Matilde Gómez - Wikipedia
Source Clara Gonz?lez (Wikipedia)
Source Constitution of Panama (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: María Cristina Chen Stanziola
Source Wikidata: Ricardo Alfaro
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: North America, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Panama, found in there.
Sources
1. Law of Panama (Wikipedia)
2. Law of Panama (Wikipedia)
Introduction, jurisdictions using itQuote, Introduction, jurisdictions using it
The law of Panama is based on civil law, with influences from the Spanish legal tradition and Roman law.
List of national legal systems (Wikipedia)
In Group: French Civil Law Tradition, opening list: former Spanish colony, Latin America groupView the Source Constitution of Panama (Wikipedia)
Includes: Constitution of Panama, Lead sectionQuote, Includes: Constitution of Panama, Lead section
The Republic of Panama is governed under the Constitution of Panama of 1972 as amended in 1978, 1983, 1993, 1994, and 2004.
Wikidata: María Cristina Chen Stanziola
Includes: Maria Cristina Chen Stanziola, Wikipedia lead sentenceQuote, Includes: Maria Cristina Chen Stanziola, Wikipedia lead sentence
is a Panamanian jurist and judge
Wikidata: Ricardo Alfaro
Includes: Ricardo Alfaro, Wikipedia category: Panamanian judges of United Nations courts and tribunalsView the Source Ana Matilde Gómez - Wikipedia
Includes: Ana Matilde Gomez, IntroductionQuote, Includes: Ana Matilde Gomez, Introduction
Ana Matilde Gómez Ruiloba (born November 5, 1962) is a Panamanian lawyer and politician who served as the country's Attorney General from 2005 to 2010, and a deputy of the National Assembly from 2014 to 2019.
Clara Gonz?lez (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Clara Gonzalez, IntroductionQuote, Includes: Clara Gonzalez, Introduction
Clara González (1898-1990) was a Panamanian feminist, lawyer, judge, and activist.
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