The

law Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior,Robertson, ''Crimes against humanity'', 90. with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been vario ...

of the Slovak Republic is civil law.

Constitution

The

Constitution A constitution is the aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organisation or other type of entity and commonly determine how that entity is to be governed. When these princ ...

was passed in 1992.

Legislature

The legislature is the National Council.

Legislation

Legislation Legislation is the process or result of enrolling, enacting, or promulgating laws by a legislature, parliament, or analogous governing body. Before an item of legislation becomes law it may be known as a bill, and may be broadly referred to ...

includes Acts.

Acts

*Act No 277/1994 Coll *Act No 136/1995 Coll *Act No 270/1995 Coll ( Language law of Slovakia)

Courts and judiciary

There is a

Supreme Court of Slovakia The Supreme Court of the Slovak Republic is the highest juridical authority in the Slovakia and is based in Bratislava. It was established on 1 January 1993, following the division of Czechoslovakia into the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic. ...

and a Constitutional Court of Slovakia.

Legal practitioners

There is a

Slovak Bar Association Slovak may refer to: * Something from, related to, or belonging to Slovakia (''Slovenská republika'') * Slovaks, a Western Slavic ethnic group * Slovak language, an Indo-European language that belongs to the West Slavic languages * Slovak, Arka ...

(Slovakian: ''Slovenská advokátska komora'').

Criminal law

The Criminal Code of 2005 replaced that of 1961.

Civil code

The Občiansky zákonník, or Slovak Civil Code, is derived from the Czechoslovak Civil Code of 1964.Pries, Anne. In Winterton and Moys (eds). Information Sources in Law. Second Edition. Bowker-Saur. 1997. Chapter 25. p 433.

References

*Pries, Anne. In Winterton and Moys (eds). Information Sources in Law. Second Edition. Bowker-Saur. 1997. Chapter Twenty-Five: Slovak Republic. Page
431
to 439. *Štefan Franko. English-Slovak Slovak-English Dictionary of Law. Slovacontact. 1995

*Ján Svák. Judiciary and the Power of Judges in Slovakia. Eurokodex. Bratislava. 2011

*Jan Carnogursky. "The Justice System in Slovakia". M Mark Stolarik (ed). The Slovak Republic: A Decade of Independence, 1993-2002. Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers. 2003. Page
35
to 43. *CMS Cameron McKenna. "Legal Framework". Jonathan Reuvid (ed). Doing Business with Slovakia. GMB Publishing Ltd. 2004. Updated. 2005
Page 49
See also passim. *Milan Jančo. Introduction to Slovak Civil Law. Aleš Čeněk. Plzeň. 2010

*Fiala, Hurdig and Kirstova. Contract Law in Slovak Republic. Kluwer Law International. 2010. Second Edition. 2014
Third Edition
2017. *Andhov and Rampášek. Commercial and Economic Law in the Slovak Republic. Kluwer Law International. 2020

*Andrea Oršulová and David Raus. Competition Law in the Slovak Republic. Kluwer Law International. 2011
Second Edition
2017. *Helena Barancová and Andrea Olšovská. Labour Law in Slovak Republic. Kluwer Law International. 2011
Second Edition
2014. *"The Legal and Regulatory Environment". Slovak Republic: A Strategy for Growth and European Integration. A World Bank Country Study. 1998. Page
39
to 44. *Andrej Školkay. Media Law in Slovakia. Kluwer Law International. 2011. Second Edition. 2013
Third Edition
2016. *Tomáš Gábriš. Sports Law in Slovakia. Kluwer Law International
2012
2019
Google Books
(note: scan has the wrong title page).

External links

Guide to Law Online - Slovakia
from the

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