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Law of Chad

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The legal system of Chad is classified as a civil law system, based on French civil law. As in other civil law jurisdictions, its primary source of law is codified legislation rather than binding 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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Source Chadian constitution of 2018 (Wikipedia)
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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: French Civil Law Tradition, country row: Based on the French civil law
  • In Legal Family: Civil Law, Section: Civil law
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Chadian constitution of 2018 (Wikipedia)
Includes: Constitution of Chad, Introduction
Quote, Includes: Constitution of Chad, Introduction
The Constitution of the Republic of Chad (French: Constitution de la République du Tchad) is the supreme law of Chad.
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