Law of Serbia

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The Law of Serbia is the system of legal rules in force in Serbia, and in the international community it is a member of. Serbian legal system belongs mainly to the Germanic branch of continental legal culture (civil law). Major areas of public and private law are divided into branches, among them civil, criminal, administrative, family and labour law.

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Serbia is the fourth modern-day European country, after France, Austria and the Netherlands, to have a codified legal system. [1]

Written law is the basis of the legal order, and the most important source of law are: Constitution of Serbia, legal regulations (acts of parliament), international treaties (once they have been ratified by the parliament and promulgated), and such findings of the Constitutional Court, in which a law or its part has been nullified as unconstitutional. [2]

Sources of law

Sources of Serbian law are (in this hierarchical order):

Acts of parliament and other legal regulations enter into force on the day they are promulgated (published) in the "Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia" (Serbian : Службени гласник Републике Србије, romanized: Službeni glasnik Republike Srbije), although they may take effect at a later date. International treaties are similarly published in the "Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia". [3]

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References

  1. Avramović, Sima (2014). "Srpski građanski zakonik (1844) i pravni transplanti – kopija austrijskog uzora ili više od toga?" (PDF). Srpski Građanski Zakonik – 170 Godina. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
  2. Social Security Law in Serbia, Senad Jasarevic, Senad Ja Arevi, Kluwer Law International, 01.05.2012.
  3. О нама (in Serbian). Службени гласник . Retrieved 20 October 2015.