The law of Albania is civil law.

Constitution

Main article: Constitution of Albania

There have been constitutions of 1914, 1925, 1928, 1939, 1946, 1976 and 1998.

Legislation

The legislature is the Parliament of Albania. The gazette is the Fletorja Zyrtare.

List of legislation

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (March 2018)

Civil codes

See the Civil Code of the Republic of Albania, 1991.[2] Civil codes were previously enacted in 1928 and 1981. The Code of 1928 was derived from two earlier codes, the Code Civil of 1804 and the Codice Civile of 1865, which were respectively from France and Italy.[3] The Code of 1928 introduced civil marriage, whereas previously only religious marriages had legal recognition.[4] The Code of 1981 was communist.[3]

Courts and judiciary

Main article: Judiciary of Albania

There is a Constitutional Court and a Supreme Court. There are appeals courts, district courts and administrative courts.

Legal practitioners

There is a National Chamber of Advocates,[5][6][7] or National Chamber of Advocacy,[8][9] or College of Advocates,[10] or Albanian Bar Association[11][12][13][14][15] (Albanian: Dhoma Kombëtare e Avokatisë[8][16] or Dhoma Kombëtare e Avokatëve[17] or Dhoma e Avokatëve;[15][18] abbreviated "DHKA").[19]

Criminal law

Further information: Capital punishment in Albania and Life imprisonment in Albania

Legislation has included the Criminal Code of 1 October 1977, the Criminal Code of 27 January 1995 and the Code of Criminal Procedure of 21 March 1995.

See also

References

  1. ^ See eg James Salibur O'Donnell. A Coming of Age: Albania Under Hoxha. East European Monographs. Issue 517. 1999. Page 130. Google Books
  2. ^ Civil Code of the Republic of Albania
  3. ^ a b Information Sources in Law. Bowker Sauer. 1997. p. 51. ISBN 9783110976410. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  4. ^ United States Department of the Army. Private Law in the Civil Law System. US Government Printing Office. 1965. Page 62. Google Books
  5. ^ Edwin Godfrey (ed). Law Without Frontiers. 1995. pp 325 & 332.
  6. ^ WTO. Trade Policy Review: Albania 2010. Bernan Associates. 2010. p 123.
  7. ^ (1997) 7 CEELI update
  8. ^ a b Messmann and Tatji (eds). The Case Law of Central and Eastern Europe: Enforcement of Contracts. European University Press. 2009. vol 1. p 100.
  9. ^ Human Rights Information Bulletin. 2008. issues 74-79. p 79.
  10. ^ "Albania". Critique: A Review of the US Department of State's Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1991. Lawyers Committee for Human Rights. 1992. pp 9 & 10. Google.
  11. ^ "Albania, People's Republic of". Law and Judicial Systems of Nations. Fourth Revised Edition. World Jurist Association. 2002. section B of section I.
  12. ^ Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations for 1996. US Government Printing Office. 1995. vol 1. p 1424.
  13. ^ Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. Report on the honouring of obligations and commitments by Albania. 23 January 1997. Doc 7716. para 39 & 40 at p 15.
  14. ^ Agron Alibali, "Reflections on the Current Situtation of Albanian Law and the Challenges for the Next Century" (1997) 1 International Journal of Albanian Studies 39 at 45, 49 & 50 ("On the Current Situtation of the Albanian Law")
  15. ^ a b Ridvan Peshkopia. Conditioning Democratization. Anthem Press. 2014. Paperback 2015. p 156.
  16. ^ Fletorja zyrtare e Republikës së Shqipërisë. 2012. issues 132-139. pp 7707, 7708, 7714.
  17. ^ Agron Alibali, "Reflections on the Current Situtation of Albanian Law and the Challenges for the Next Century" (1997) 1 International Journal of Albanian Studies 39 at 53
  18. ^ Fletorja zyrtare e Republikës së Shqipërisë. issues 157-166. p 7302.
  19. ^ Fletorja zyrtare e Republikës së Shqipërisë. 2007. issues 183-193. p 5691.

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