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Law of Lesotho

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Lesotho's law is based on South African law: an 1884 proclamation by the High Commissioner for Southern Africa applied the law of the Cape Colony, by then part of South Africa, to Basutoland, the territory that became Lesotho. 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.
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Constitution of Lesotho (Wikipedia)
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The Constitution of Lesotho is the basic law governing the Kingdom of Lesotho
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Michael Ramodibedi (Wikipedia)
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Michael Mathealira Ramodibedi (24 April 1945-15 August 2019) was a jurist from Lesotho who has served on the courts of several Commonwealth countries in Africa.
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