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  2. Philippine legal codes - Wikipedia

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    The Civil Code governs private law in the Philippines, including obligations and contracts, succession, torts and damages, property. It was enacted in 1950. Book I of the Civil Code, which governed marriage and family law, was supplanted by the Family Code in 1987. [2] Republic Act No. 6657: Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Code

  3. Civil Code of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The Code Commission completed the final draft of the new Civil Code by December 1947, and this was submitted to Congress, which enacted it into law through Republic Act No. 386. The Civil Code took effect in 1950. [1] Due to its wide coverage and impact, the Civil Code is the subject of much study and extensive commentary.

  4. Civil law (legal system) - Wikipedia

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    Civil law is sometimes referred to as neo-Roman law, Romano-Germanic law or Continental law. The expression "civil law" is a translation of Latin jus civile, or "citizens' law", which was the late imperial term for its legal system, as opposed to the laws governing conquered peoples (jus gentium); hence, the Justinian Code's title Corpus Juris Civilis.

  5. List of national legal systems - Wikipedia

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    Based on the Chilean Civil Law. Civil code introduced in 1873. Nearly faithful reproduction of the Chilean civil code: Costa Rica: Based on the Napoleonic Civil Law. First Civil Code (a part of the General Code or Carrillo Code) came into effect in 1841; its text was inspired by the South Peruvian Civil Code of Marshal Andres de Santa Cruz.

  6. Statutory interpretation - Wikipedia

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    It is often mentioned that common law statutes can be interpreted by using the Golden Rule, the Mischief Rule or the Literal Rule. However, according to Francis Bennion , author of texts on statutory interpretation, [ 8 ] there are no such simple devices to elucidate complex statutes, "[i]nstead there are a thousand and one interpretative ...

  7. Uniform Civil Code - Wikipedia

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    An example of such a law is Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 which applies to women of all communities without the need for a uniform civil code. [5] On 17 July 2023, Justice Krishna Murari, who recently concluded his tenure in the Supreme Court of India, said that "uniformity in anyway is beneficial", but before the ...

  8. Sources of law - Wikipedia

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    In civil law systems, the sources of law include the legal codes, such as the civil code or the criminal code, and custom; [note 2] in common law systems there are also several sources that combine to form "the law". Civil law systems often absorb ideas from the common law [note 3] and vice-versa. Scotland, for instance, has a hybrid form of ...

  9. Category:Civil codes - Wikipedia

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    Scots civil law (2 C, 9 P) Pages in category "Civil codes" The following 44 pages are in this category, out of 44 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.