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The post-Soviet legal system of Kazakhstan rested for over three decades on the 1995 Constitution, which established a unitary semi-presidential republic with a bicameral parliament, the Senate and the Mazhilis, alongside a president as head of state and a separate prime minister leading the executive. Article 4 of that constitution set the hierarchy of law as the Constitution itself, laws corresponding to it, other regulatory legal acts, and international treaties, with ratified treaties generally taking precedence over ordinary domestic legislation. The 1995 Constitution remained the highest law of Kazakhstan for 31 years before being replaced on July 1, 2026.

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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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Source Aslambek Merğaliev (Wikipedia)
Source Criminal Code of Kazakhstan (Wikipedia)
Source Marat Sarsembaev, Wikipedia
Source Rashid Tusupbekov (Wikipedia)
Zheti Zhargy, Codes
Source Zheti Zhargy (Wikipedia)
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Criminal Code of Kazakhstan (Wikipedia)
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The Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Kazakh: Қазақстан Республикасының Қылмыстық кодексі, romanized: Qazaqstan Respublikasynyñ Qylmystyq kodeksı; Russian: Уголовный кодекс Республики Казахстан, romanized: Ugolovnyy kodeks Respubliki Kazakhstan) is the defunct criminal law that functioned in Kazakhstan from
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Rashid Tusupbekov (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Rashid Tusupbekov, Wikipedia lead sentence
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is a Kazakh politician who was the Prosecutor Gener
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Zheti Zhargy (Wikipedia)
Includes: Zheti Zhargy, Wikipedia lead paragraph
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The Zheti Zhargy (also transliterated as "Jeti Jarği", Kazakh: "Жеті Жарғы", lit. "Seven Charters") was the set
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Marat Sarsembaev, Wikipedia
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is a Kazakh doctor of law and professor
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Aslambek Merğaliev (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Aslambek Mergaliev, Introduction
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Aslambek Amangeldıūly Merğaliev (Kazakh: Асламбек Амангелдіұлы Мерғалиев; born 2 April 1972) is a Kazakh lawyer and jurist serving as the Chairman of the Supreme Court.
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