Legal Systems Template

1.General Information
1.2 The country and the People
1.3 Historical Background

2.Sources of the National Law
2.2 Historical Background.

2.3 Enacted Law
2.3.1 The Constitution.
2.3.2 Codes and Statutes.
2.3.3 International Treaties .
2.3.4 Statutory Decrees.
2.3.5 Regulations.
2.3.6 By-Laws.

2.4 Customary Law
2.5 Judge as a law-maker
2.6 Precedents.
2.7 Doctrine.

3. Government System
3.2 Constitutional Structure
3.3 Historical Background
3.4 General Characteristics of the Constitution

4. Legislative
4.2 Structure
4.3 Functions and Powers
4.4 Legislative Process
4.5 Supervision of the Executive

5. The Executive
5.2 Head of State
5.3 Head of Government
5.4 Council of Ministers
5.5 Local Governments
5.5.1 Local Organizations of Central Administration
5.5.2 Municipalities

6. Judiciary
6.2 Main Features
6.3 Judicial Structure
6.4 Lower Courts.
6.5 High Courts.

7. Organs Participating in the Administration of Justice.
7.2 Judges.
7.3 Public Prosecutors.
7.4 Practitioner Lawyers
7.5 Notary-Public.
7. 6 Court reporter or Clerks.

8. Civil and Criminal Procedure.
8.2 Civil Actions.
8.2.1 Pretrial Proceedings
8.2.2 The Trial
8.2.3The Judgment
8.2.4 The Effect of the Judgment.
8.2.5 Appeal.
8.3 Criminal Actions.
8.3.1 Preparatory Investigation
8.3.2 Preliminary Investigation
8.3.3 Final Investigation (Trial)
8.3.4 Legal Review (Appeal)

9. Private Law.
9.2 Marriage.
9.3 Contracts.
9.4 Torts
9.5 Property.
9.6 Succession.
9.7 Business Law
9.7.1 In General
9.7.2 Foreign Capital and Investment
9.8 Private International Conflict of Laws

10. Legal Education .

• American Legal Systems: A Resource and Reference Guide
• Modern Legal Systems Cyclopedia
• Dual Court Systems
• International making law in descentralized systems
• Treaty on the Limitation of Anti-ballistic Missile Systems
• Court Hierarchy in the legal system
• Outline of English Legal History

• Law and Judicial Systems of Nations, 4th ed. World Jurist Association, 2002.
• Modern Legal Systems Cyclopedia , 1984-date. 21 vols. (10-50 pages per country ).
• Legal Systems of the World: A Political, Social, and Cultural Encyclopedia, 2002. 4 vols.

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