The legal system of the Republic of the Congo is classified as a civil law system, based on the Napoleonic Civil Code. 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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Example Jurisdictions Law of the Republic of the Congo
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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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Republic of the Congo
View the SourceConstitution of the Republic of the Congo (Wikipedia)
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The Constitution of the Republic of the Congo is the basic law governing the Republic of the Co
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