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Law of Botswana

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Botswana's law is based on South African law: an 1891 proclamation by the High Commissioner for Southern Africa applied the law of the Cape Colony, by then part of South Africa, to the Bechuanaland Protectorate, the territory that became Botswana. 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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    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: Civil and Common Law Hybrid Systems, Civil law and common law table: Botswana row
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