The

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Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares ...

is civil law.

Constitution

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

Legislation

The legislature is the

Parliament of Albania The Parliament of Albania ( sq, Kuvendi i Shqipërisë) or Kuvendi is the unicameral representative body of the citizens of the Republic of Albania; it is Albania's legislature. The Parliament is composed of no less than 140 members elected to ...

. The gazette is the Fletorja Zyrtare.

List of legislation

*Criminal Code of 1 October 1977 *Law of 25 December 1979 (Law No 6069) *Labour Code of October 1981 *Law on main constitutional clauses of 29 April 1991 (Law No 7491) *Law on the Organization of the National Intelligence Service of 2 July 1991 (Law No 7495) *Law Concerning the Savings Bank of 31 July 1991 (Law No 7505) *Law on foreign investments of 4 August 1992 (Law No 7549) *Banking Statute of 28 April 1992 (Law No 7560

*Law on the Introductory Part of a Commercial Code of 4 November 1992 (Law No 7632) *Law on Foreign Investment of 2 November 1993 (Law No 7764

*Criminal Code of 27 January 1995 (Law No 7895) *Code of Criminal Procedure of 21 March 1995 (Law No 7905) *Labour Code of 12 July 1995 (Law No 7961) *Law about the administration of the refused agricultural land of 14 December 1995 (Law No 8047) *Law for Non-divided Agricultural Lands of 26 March 1998 (Law No 8312

*Law On Leasing the Agricultural Land, Forest Land Meadows and Pastures, which are State Property of 1 April 1998 (Law No 8318

*Law On Private International Law of 2 June 2011 (LAW No. 10 428

*Law On forests and forest police *Law On pastures and meadows *Decree Concerning the Albanian Commercial Bank of 1 December 1990 (Decree No 7493)

Civil codes

See the Civil Code of the Republic of Albania, 1991. 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. The Code of 1928 introduced civil marriage, whereas previously only religious marriages had legal recognition. The Code of 1981 was communist.

Courts and judiciary

There is a

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and a Supreme Court. There are appeals courts, district courts and

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Legal practioners

There is a National Chamber of Advocates, or National Chamber of Advocacy,Messmann and Tatji (eds). The Case Law of Central and Eastern Europe: Enforcement of Contracts. European University Press. 2009
vol 1
p 100. or College of Advocates, or Albanian Bar AssociationRidvan Peshkopia. Conditioning Democratization. Anthem Press. 2014. Paperback 2015
p 156
(Albanian: ''Dhoma Kombëtare e Avokatisë'' or ''Dhoma Kombëtare e Avokatëve'' or ''Dhoma e Avokatëve''; abbreviated "DHKA").Fletorja zyrtare e Republikës së Shqipërisë. 2007
issues 183-193
p 5691.

Criminal law

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.

References

*Pries, Anne. In Winterton and Moys (eds).

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. Second Edition. Bowker-Saur. 1997. . Chapter Three: Albania. Pages 47 to 58. *Margaret Hasluck. The Unwritten Law in Albania. Edited by J H Hutton. Cambridge University Press. 1954. First paperback edition. 2015
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*Yair Baranes and Ronald C C Cuming. Handbook on the Albanian Collateral Law. (Issues in Business Environment Reform). World Bank. International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and International Finance Corporation. Washington DC. 2001
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*Nelson Lancione. Preliminary Study of Certain Financial Laws and Institutions: Albania. Treasury Department, Office of the General Counsel. November 1944
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*Erjona Bana (Canaj). Migration Law in Albania. Wolters Kluwer. 2019
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*Ilir Mustafaj. Legal Treatment of Contract according to the Albanian Legislation. Edizioni Nuova Cultura. 2014
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*Juliana Latifi. "Albanian Civil Law and the Influence of Foreign Laws". Farran, Gallen, Hendry and Rautenbach (eds). The Diffusion of Law. Ashgate Publishing. 2015. Routledge. 2016. Chapter 12
p 181
et seq. *Enyal Shuke. "Albania". Arbitration Law and Practice in Central and Eastern Europe. Release 02. Juris Publishing. 2011.
p ALB-1
et seq. *Roberto Scarciglia. Administrative Law in the Balkans. CEDAM. 2012
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*Evis Karandrea. "Church and State in Albania". Ferrari and Durham (eds). Law and Religion in Post-communist Europe. Peeters. 2003
p 23
et seq. *Jacobs and Craig. Albanian Law on City Planning. Land Tenure Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison. 1997
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External links

Guide to Law Online - Albania
from the

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