Dutch law

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Dutch law is the civil law-based legal system of the Netherlands, governing areas such as constitutional, criminal, civil, and administrative law within the Dutch kingdom and its territories.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Dutch law canonical 3
Constitutional law of the Netherlands 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civil law system
legal system
country Netherlands
governsTerritory Caribbean Netherlands
European part of the Netherlands
Kingdom of the Netherlands (in part)
hasBranch administrative law
civil law (private law)
company law
constitutional law
contract law
criminal law
family law
labour law
procedural law
property law
tax law
tort law
hasCodification Burgerlijk Wetboek (Dutch Civil Code)
linked to: Dutch Civil Code

Wetboek van Burgerlijke Rechtsvordering (Code of Civil Procedure)
Wetboek van Strafrecht (Criminal Code)
linked to: Dutch Criminal Code

Wetboek van Strafvordering (Code of Criminal Procedure)
hasCourtLevel courts of appeal
district courts
hasPrinciple freedom of contract (within statutory limits)
good faith in private law
legality principle in criminal law
rule of law
separation of powers
highestAdministrativeCourt Central Appeals Tribunal
Council of State of the Netherlands (Administrative Jurisdiction Division)
Trade and Industry Appeals Tribunal
highestConstitutionalInstrument Constitution of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
highestOrdinaryCourt Supreme Court of the Netherlands
influencedBy French civil law
Napoleonic law
linked to: Napoleonic Code

Roman law
integratedWith European Convention on Human Rights
European Union law
public international law
languageOfLaw Dutch
legalEducationRequiredForPractice Master of Laws (LLM) in Dutch law
legalFamily civil law
primarySource Acts of Parliament of the Netherlands
Constitution of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Dutch Civil Code
Dutch Criminal Code
General Administrative Law Act
Ministerial regulations of the Netherlands
Royal Decrees of the Netherlands
Tax legislation of the Netherlands
prohibits courts from reviewing Acts of Parliament against the Constitution
recognizes judicial review of administrative acts
limited constitutional review (treaty conformity)
regulatesProfession advocaat (attorney-at-law)
bailiff
notary
secondarySource case law of Dutch courts
legal doctrine in the Netherlands

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Referenced by (4)

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

Saba legalSystem Dutch law
Council for the Kingdom category Constitutional law of the Netherlands
linked to: Dutch law
Council of State (Netherlands) legalSystem Dutch law
subject linked to: Council of State