Commonwealth law of the Northern Mariana Islands

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legal system subnational legal system

Commonwealth law of the Northern Mariana Islands is the body of statutes, regulations, and legal principles governing the internal affairs and governance of the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Commonwealth Code of the Northern Mariana Islands	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legal system ⓘ subnational legal system ⓘ
appliesTo	Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn	Anglo-American common law tradition ⓘ United States constitutional law NERFINISHED ⓘ United States law NERFINISHED ⓘ
chiefLegalOfficer	Attorney General of the Northern Mariana Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
executiveHead	Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
federalJudicialOversight	Supreme Court of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedBy	Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ
governs	civil law matters ⓘ commercial transactions ⓘ criminal law matters ⓘ family law ⓘ internal affairs of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ local governance structures ⓘ local taxation ⓘ property law ⓘ public administration ⓘ
hasConstitution	Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLegalCode	Commonwealth Code of the Northern Mariana Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
highestLaw	Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalContext	created pursuant to a covenant with the United States in the late 20th century ⓘ
includes	administrative regulations ⓘ case law ⓘ constitutional provisions on fundamental rights ⓘ local ordinances ⓘ provisions on customary land tenure ⓘ provisions on land ownership and use ⓘ provisions on local self-government ⓘ statutory law ⓘ
judicialAuthority	Superior Court of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Supreme Court of the Northern Mariana Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfRecord	English ⓘ
legalFamily	common law ⓘ
legislatureChambers	Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Mariana Islands Senate NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryLegislativeBody	Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognizes	judicial review ⓘ separation of powers ⓘ
recognizesLocalLanguages	Carolinian ⓘ Chamorro NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectTo	Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ United States federal law NERFINISHED ⓘ
supremacyRecognizes	United States Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Commonwealth Superior Court of the Northern Mariana Islands → appliesLaw → Commonwealth law of the Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ

Commonwealth Superior Court of the Northern Mariana Islands → governingDocument → Commonwealth law of the Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commonwealth Code of the Northern Mariana Islands