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Law 59 or the Cuban civil code is the legal body that regulates the main norms in legal matters such as Real Rights, Law of obligations, Contract law and inheritance law, in addition to the legal capacity of persons, natural and law, and some rules of Private International Law in the Republic of Cuba. [1]
The influence of both U.S. and Spanish rule on Cuban law persisted for decades. For example, the Spanish Penal Code influenced the 1936 Civil Defense Code of Cuba, which remained in effect until 1979. The Spanish Civil Code of 1889 remained in effect (although modified) until 1987.
Rather than attempt to devise a new civil code at that time, the Spanish code remained in effect. [20] Under the 1901 Constitution, a child who was legitimate or legitimized born of a Cuban father was a Cuban national, as was a child born to foreign parents in Cuba and who upon reaching majority, registered in the official Cuban registry.
The original legal system in Cuba was a reflection of its status as a Spanish colony. Even after the nation received its independence in 1902, vestiges of Spanish law remained in effect – for example, the Civil Code remained in effect, with modifications, until 1987.
Civil Code: 1886 Cuba: Civil Code (Law No. 59) 1987 Czech Republic: 89/2012 Sb. 2012 Dominican Republic: Civil Code of the Dominican Republic 1884, as amended up to 2007: 1884 East Timor: Law No. 10/2011 approving the Civil Code. 2011 Ecuador: Civil Code: 1858 Egypt: The Civil Code (No. 131, 1948). 1948 El Salvador: Civil Code, approved by ...
Cuban civil code; D. Digest of Laws of the Russian Empire; Diritto Municipale; Draconian constitution; E. Egyptian Civil Code; European civil code; G. General State ...
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The history of codification dates back to ancient Babylon.The earliest surviving civil code is the Code of Ur-Nammu, written around 2100–2050 BC.The Corpus Juris Civilis, a codification of Roman law produced between 529 and 534 AD by the Byzantine emperor Justinian I, forms the basis of civil law legal systems that would rule over Continental Europe.