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Law of Belize

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The legal system of Belize is classified as a common law system, based on English common law. As in other common law jurisdictions, judge-made case precedent sits alongside statute as a binding source of law. 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 Constitution of Belize (Wikipedia)
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Source Louise Blenman - Wikipedia
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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 Belize (Wikipedia)
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The Constitution of Belize is the supreme law of the nation of Belize.
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George Brown (Belizean judge) (Wikipedia)
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Sir George Noel Brown (13 June 1942-26 July 2007) was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Belize from 1991 to 1998, the second native-born Belizean to sit in that position.
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Louise Blenman - Wikipedia
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Louise Esther Blenman is the Chief Justice of Belize and a former Appellate Judge of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court.
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