Eswatini's law is based on South African law: a 1907 proclamation by the High Commissioner for Southern Africa applied the Roman Dutch common law of the Transvaal Colony, by then part of South Africa, to the Swaziland Protectorate, the territory that became Eswatini. 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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Example Jurisdictions In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Africa, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Eswatini, found in there.
Sources
1. List of national legal systems (Wikipedia)
Introduction, jurisdictions using it
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: Eswatini row
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