Belgian legal system

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civil law system legal system

The Belgian legal system is a civil law framework that combines codified statutes, such as the Civil Code, with constitutional principles and European Union law to govern private and public legal relations in Belgium.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Belgian law 4
Belgian constitutional law 1
Belgian legal system canonical 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civil law system ⓘ
legal system ⓘ
basedOn civil law tradition ⓘ
country Belgium ⓘ
hasConstitutionalCourt Constitutional Court of Belgium ⓘ
hasCouncilOfState Council of State of Belgium ⓘ
hasCourt commercial courts of Belgium ⓘ
Court of Appeal of Liège ⓘ
surface form: courts of appeal of Belgium

courts of first instance of Belgium ⓘ
justice of the peace courts of Belgium ⓘ
labour courts of Belgium ⓘ
police courts of Belgium ⓘ
hasHighestCourt Court of Cassation of Belgium ⓘ
includes Belgian Civil Code ⓘ
Belgian Code of Criminal Procedure ⓘ
Belgian Commercial Code ⓘ
Constitution of Belgium ⓘ
surface form: Belgian Constitution

Belgian Criminal Code ⓘ
Belgian Judicial Code ⓘ
administrative law ⓘ
civil law ⓘ
commercial law ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
criminal law ⓘ
labour law ⓘ
social security law ⓘ
tax law ⓘ
influencedBy Napoleonic Code ⓘ
integrates European Convention on Human Rights ⓘ
European Union legal order ⓘ
surface form: European Union law
languageRegime Dutch ⓘ
French ⓘ
German ⓘ
legalProfessionIncludes advocates ⓘ
bailiffs ⓘ
notaries ⓘ
organizedBy communities of Belgium ⓘ
federal state structure of Belgium ⓘ
regions of Belgium ⓘ
protects fundamental rights ⓘ
recognizesSupremacyOf European Union legal order ⓘ
surface form: European Union law
separationOfPowers executive ⓘ
judiciary ⓘ
legislature ⓘ
subjectTo judicial review by Constitutional Court of Belgium ⓘ
preliminary rulings of Court of Justice of the European Union ⓘ
review by European Court of Human Rights ⓘ
supremacyRecognizes Constitution of Belgium ⓘ
surface form: Belgian Constitution
uses case law as persuasive authority ⓘ
codified statutes ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Belgian Civil Code → partOf → Belgian legal system ⓘ
Belgian notaries → legalSystem → Belgian legal system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Belgian law
Belgian electoral code → partOf → Belgian legal system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Belgian public law
Huppaye → hasLegalSystem → Belgian legal system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Belgian law
Forest → legalSystem → Belgian legal system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Belgian law
Frameries → legalSystem → Belgian legal system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Belgian law
Title III – Powers of the State of the Belgian Constitution → legalSystem → Belgian legal system ⓘ
this entity surface form: Belgian constitutional law