The law of Sao Tome and Principe derives from Portuguese civil law and is based on statute. The Constitution of Sao Tome and Principe, in force since 2003, is the country's supreme law and is written in a rigid form. The legal system belongs to the Roman-Germanic tradition, with law grounded primarily in enacted statutes rather than 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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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 Constitution of São Tomé and Príncipe (Wikipedia)
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1. Wikipedia: Law of São Tomé and Príncipe
The Law derives from Portuguese Civil law and is based on statutesView the Source 2. Law of Sao Tome and Principe (Wikipedia)
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The Law of São Tomé e Príncipe derives from Portuguese Civil law and is based on statutes.
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In Group: German Civil Law Tradition, opening list, German civil law bullet: Portugal and its former coloniesView the Source Constitution of São Tomé and Príncipe (Wikipedia)
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The Constitution of the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe (Portuguese: Constituição da República Democrática de São Tomé e Príncipe) was first approved on 5 November 1975.
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