The Civil Code of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay () is a systematic collection of
Uruguayan laws designed to comprehensively deal with the core areas of
private law
Private law is that part of a legal system that governs interactions between individual persons. It is distinguished from public law, which deals with relationships between both natural and artificial persons (i.e., organizations) and the st ...
such as for dealing with business and negligence lawsuits and practices.
This
civil code was originally published on 1 January 1868, it was the work of
Tristan Narvaja, inspired in a project by
Eduardo Acevedo. Important sources were the
Roman law
Roman law is the law, legal system of ancient Rome, including the legal developments spanning over a thousand years of jurisprudence, from the Twelve Tables (), to the (AD 529) ordered by Eastern Roman emperor Justinian I.
Roman law also den ...
, Spanish legislation and
canon law
Canon law (from , , a 'straight measuring rod, ruler') is a set of ordinances and regulations made by ecclesiastical jurisdiction, ecclesiastical authority (church leadership) for the government of a Christian organization or church and its membe ...
, as well as the
Chilean Civil Code, the
Spanish Civil Code, texts by
Augusto Teixeira de Freitas and
Dalmacio Vélez Sarsfield, the
Code Napoléon and many others. In 1995 it was updated.
Uruguayan Civil Code
See also
* Uruguayan law
* Civil code
*Constitution of Uruguay
The Constitution of Uruguay () is the supreme law of Uruguay. Its first version was written in 1830 and its last constitutional amendment, amendment was made in 2004.
Uruguay's first constitution was adopted in 1830, following the conclusion of ...
References
Law of Uruguay
Civil codes
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