Northern Cyprus
Mixed: civil and common law
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Some countries combine civil-law and common-law features, usually because of their history. Scotland, South Africa and Israel are well-known examples. Often private law (contracts, property, family) follows one tradition and procedure or public law follows the other.
A full profile of Northern Cyprus’s legal system is planned. For now, this page shows where Northern Cyprus sits on the map.
How this country is classified
The University of Ottawa’s JuriGlobe database lists Northern Cyprus as: Common law, Civil law. It names the systems in order of importance. This territory is shown with the classification of the state it belongs to. Self-declared, recognised only by Turkey; shown with Cyprus's classification.
The map colours a country by the first-named system, and shows both civil-law and common-law countries as “mixed”. It is a simplification, and real systems are rarely pure.
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