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includes a constitution and a number of codes.

Constitution

Bolivia has had seventeen constitutions.

Sources

By 1840,

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of the law of Bolivia included: (1) Acts of the Peru-Bolivian Confederation, prior to the revolution of Bolivia. (2) Acts of the legislature of the Republic. Among these Acts there was a general code of laws, entitled Codigo Santa Cruz. This title is evidently in imitation of the title of Code Napoleon; for Santa Cruz is the name of the general who was elected president of the Republic in 1828; and under his presidency, the Codigo was published. (3) Decisions of the Bolivian courts. (4)

Spanish law The Law of Spain is the legislation in force in the Kingdom of Spain, which is understood to mean Spanish territory, Spanish waters, consulates and embassies, and ships flying the Spanish flag in democratically elected institutions. Characteristi ...

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Roman civil law Roman law is the legal system of ancient Rome, including the legal developments spanning over a thousand years of jurisprudence, from the Twelve Tables (c. 449 BC), to the ''Corpus Juris Civilis'' (AD 529) ordered by Eastern Roman emperor Justin ...

. (6) The ancient Peruvian law, or the customs and usages of the country.

Legislation

The legislature has been called the Congreso Nacional. The gazette is called Gaceta Oficial de Bolivia.

List of legislation

Spanish Criminal Code The Criminal Code is a law that codifies most criminal offences in Spain. The Code is established by an organic law, the Organic Law 10/1995, of 23 November, of the Criminal Code (''Ley Orgánica 10/1995, de 23 de noviembre, del Código Penal' ...

of 1822 *Penal Code of 1834 *Mining Law of 13 October 1880 *Rules for the application of the Mining Law of 28 October 1882 *Law of 3 September 1883 *Code of Criminal Procedure of 6 August 1898 *Penal Code of 23 August 1972 (Decree Law No 10426) *Code of Criminal Procedure of 1972 *Commercial Code of 25 February 1977 (Decree Law No 14379) * Supreme Decree 21060 of 29 August 1985 *Law of 13 April 1992 on copyright *Law No 1768 of 10 March 1997 *Law No 2494 of 4 August 2003 * Law Against Racism 2010 * Law of the Rights of Mother Earth (No 71 of 2010) * Framework Law of Mother Earth and Integral Development for Living Well (No 300 of 2012)

Courts and judiciary

Courts have included the

Plurinational Constitutional Court The Plurinational Constitutional Tribunal ( es, Tribunal Constitucional Plurinacional) is a national court in Bolivia charged with adjudicating the constitutionality of laws, government power, and treaties in accordance with the country's 2009 Con ...

, the

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and the Tribunal Supremo Electoral

Criminal law

The Spanish Criminal Code of 1822 came into force in Bolivia on 2 April 1831. It was replaced by the Penal Code of 1834. A Law of 3 September 1883 made provision in relation to

perjury Perjury (also known as foreswearing) is the intentional act of swearing a false oath or falsifying an affirmation to tell the truth, whether spoken or in writing, concerning matters material to an official proceeding."Perjury The act or an inst ...

. Bolivia now has a new Penal Code of 23 August 1972. There was a Code of Criminal Procedure of 6 August 1898. This was replaced by the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1972.

Copyright

Mining

In 1892, the mining laws of Bolivia consisted of the Ley de mineria (Mining Law) promulgated on the 13 October 1880, and the Reglamento de la ley de mineria (Rules for the application of the Mining Law) made on the 28 October 1882. The International Bureau of the American Republics said that the "provisions of the Ley de mineria are simple and wise. They are contained in no more than twenty-seven articles and leave little room for casuistics or embarrassing technicalities."International Bureau of the American Republics. "Bolivia". Mines and Mining Laws of Latin America. US Government Printing Office. 1892. Page 16 et seq
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References

Bolivia
Guide to Law Online. Law Library of Congress.

WorldLII. *Helen Lord Clagett. A Guide to the Law and Legal Literature of Bolivia. Library of Congress. Washington. 1947. (Latin American series, no 12)
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Reprinted by Gordon Press, New York, 1981. See also (1981) 13 Lawyer of the Americas 59

*"American Law - 1. Bolivia" (1840) 20 Legal Observe
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et seq *International Bureau of the American Republics. Bolivia: Geographical Sketch, Natural Resources, Laws, Economic Conditions, Actual development, Prospects of Future Growth. Government Printing Office. Washington. 1904
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*A D Garman. Mining Laws of Bolivia. (Information Circular, volume 6140). U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Mines. 1929
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*International Bureau of the American Republics. "Bolivia". Mines and Mining Laws of Latin America. US Government Printing Office. 1892. Page 16 et seq
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*Enrique Mallea Balboa. La Legislación Minera: Colección Completa de Leyes, Reglamentos, Decretos, Resoluciones, Ordenes y demás disposiciones concernientes á la adjudicación de las minas. "El Nacional" de I.V. Villa. 1901
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*George A Makinson and Dayle C McDonough. Consignment Laws of Chile and Bolivia. (Trade Information Bulletin, volume 134). United States. Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. Government Printing Office. 1923
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*Anna-Stina Ericson. Labor Law and Practice in Bolivia. United States Bureau of Labor Statistics. 1962
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*William Francis Delaney. ". . . Bolivia and Paraguay". Reinsurance Laws of South America and Mexico. Insurance Society of New York. 1943. Page 29 et seq
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*Cecilia Medina Quiroga. The Legal status of Indians in Bolivia. Institute for the Development of Indian Law. 1977
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*Carlos Walter Urquidi. A Statement of the Laws of Bolivia in Matters Affecting Business. General Secretariat, Organization of American States. 1974. *An Overview of Bolivia's Law of Popular Participation. Center for Latin American Studies, San Diego State University. Latin American Studies Student Organization. 1998
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*Ley de la organización judicial. 1863
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*Colección Oficial de Leyes, Decretos, Ordenes, & de la Republica Boliviana Anos 1825 y 1826. Imprenta Artistica: Socabaya No 20. La Paz, Bolivia
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*Colección Oficial de Leyes, Decretos, Ordenes, Resoluciones &c que se han expidido para el regimen de la Republica Boliviana. Collegia de Artes for Bernadino Palacios. 1834
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*Colección Oficial de Leyes, Decretos, Ordenes, Resoluciones Supremas que se han expidido para el regimen de la Republica Boliviana. Lopez. 1857
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*Waltraud Q Morales. A Brief History of Bolivia. Second Edition. Facts on File, Infobase Publishing. 2010
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